For disaster situations, if we should we need to expand beyond our standard critical care beds, we have put together bedside kits (based on a colleague’s plan at the Royal London trauma center). There are 20 adult and 10 peds (age <8) bins. They are stored in a closet that is next to all of the disaster rooms and equipment.
The contents of the pediatric box can be seen below.
The complete contents of the adult box include:
- 16 liter box
- Trauma shears
- 14,16,18 cannulas (second 18 ga.)
- IV site dressing
- Chlor-prep
- Flush
- Lock tubing
- Venous tourniquet
- 4x4s – 6
- Syringes 12cc – 3
- EMS tube holder
- Cook needle
- BVM and mask
- Ace 3 and 4 inch
- Kerlix 1 roll
- Fluffs 1 box
- Handle and mac 4 blade
- Oral airway 4 / 6
- Nasal airway 30
- ET 6.5 and 7.5
- Esophageal detection device
- Bougie
- Stylet
- Twill
- NS x 1 liter
- Optipore tape
- Disaster chart
The pediatric box includes the same as the adult except for:
- Arm board
- IV cannulas 24, 22 (2), 20
- Ace 2 inch and 3 inch
- ET 4.5 and 5.5
- Miller blade 2
- Peds mask for BVM
- Peds tube holder
- Peds oral airways, no nasal
- Peds drug dosing book
- Disaster chart
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