Suggested Supplies and Information to Be Made Available
Category | Specifics |
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Posted information | Name and contact information for physician on duty, phone number of emergency response team |
Support apparatus | Oxygen cylinders, flow valves, tubing, nasal prongs, oxygen masks (adult and pediatric sizes), bag-valve mask, valve masks, endotracheal tubes, laryngoscopes, intravenous fluids (normal saline, Ringer's lactate) |
Emergency and monitoring devices | Defibrillator, ECG, blood pressure/ pulse monitor, pulse oximeter |
Medications | Epinephrine, 1:10,000, 10-mL preloaded syringe; epinephrine, 1:1,000, 1-mL preloaded syringe; atropine, 1 mg in 10-mL preloaded syringe; β-agonist inhaler; diphenhydramine for intramuscular/intravenous injection; nitroglycerin, 0.4-mg tabs, sublingually |
ECG = electrocardiogram.