Here is a listing of the supplies contained in the drug and airway boxes carried by ED nurses transporting patients for diagnostic tests at McKay Dee Hospital in Ogden, UT.
Bring lifesaving items on patient transports
May 1, 2004 less than 1 minute read
Bring lifesaving items on patient transports
Here is a listing of the supplies contained in the drug and airway boxes carried by ED nurses transporting patients for diagnostic tests at McKay Dee Hospital in Ogden, UT.
- Drug box: one sodium bicarbonate, one 50% dextrose, two atropine, three epinephrine, two lidocaine boluses, flumazenil, naloxone, oral airways, extra defibrillator gel pads, and intravenous (IV) 1,000-cc normal saline with IV tubing and IV start kits.
- Airway box: lidocaine jelly; 10 cc syringes; Magill forceps; 6 French and 14 French stylets; laryngoscope handle, large and small; variety of laryngoscope blades; laryngoscope light bulbs; instrument tray; twill tape or endotracheal tube holder; adhesive tape; Luki trap; endotracheal tubes 5-10; cotton swabs; 10 French and 14 French suction catheters; vial normal saline; medical adhesive; jaw screw; arterial blood gas kit; micro arterial blood gas kit; sterile gloves; oral airways; cushion mask; nasal trumpet; size C and AA batteries; bite block; and Yankauer suction.
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