Medical Machines/Crash Carts

{{DISPLAYTITLE:Crash Carts}} ← Centrifuges ↑ Medical Machines Microscopes → Purpose A crash cart can provide timely and mobile access to equipment, instruments, materials and pharmaceuticals needed for care of a patient in critical distress. Survival of a patient can depend upon the rapid availability of something in the cart. Contents Typically, a cart is stocked by an assigned staff member in coordination with a pharmacist and a stores department at the site where the cart is used. Contents are reviewed against a checklist on a fixed schedule and items are replaced after use. Contents accord to site practice. The list here is an example and not authoritative. An adjustable IV pole and brackets holding an arrest board are on the back of the cart. Top Drawer thumb|Waterloo Crash Cart Top Drawer Laryngoscope Intubation (Magill) forceps Suction tubes Oxygen masks Middle Drawer thumb|Waterloo Crash Cart Middle Drawer Disposable endotracheal tubes Bottom Drawer thumb|Waterloo Crash Cart Bottom Drawer Disposable syringes Dressings Adhesive tapes Disposable gloves Cubby thumb|Waterloo Crash Cart Cubby Portable suction machine Needle disposal box Sphygmomanometer This list accords to practice of KBNF for shipment to countries in West Africa. Medications are not shipped by KBNF. Crash cart Crash cart ← Centrifuges ↑ Medical Machines Microscopes →