Transfer of the Critical Care Patient


Airway

End-tidal carbon dioxide monitor

Laryngoscopes, blades and spare batteries

Endotracheal tubes of appropriate sizes

Water soluble lubricant

Securing tape or ties for the endotracheal tube

Guedel, nasopharyngeal airways

Facemasks

Bougie

Stethoscope

Portable suction with suction catheters and Yankauer sucker

Nasogastric tubes

Emergency airway (laryngeal mask, cricothyroidotomy needle)

Breathing

Oxygen cylinder with both a Schrader valve and a pin indexed flow meter

Reservoir mask

Oxygen tubing

Portable ventilator

Breathing circuit and HME filter

A self-inflating bag and Water’s circuit

Pulse oximetry

Large bore cannula with three-way tap for intercostal decompression

Circulation

Cardiac monitor with adhesive electrodes

Intravenous fluids, giving set

Venous cannulae, dressings, saline flush

Syringes, hypodermic needles

Non-invasive blood pressure monitor

Invasive blood pressure monitor, pressure bag, transducer, arterial cannulae

Sterile gauze

Adhesive tape

Vasopressors/inotropes

Emergency/cardiac arrest medications

Neurology

Sedation

Hypertonic saline/mannitol

Intra-cranial pressure monitor

Anti-convulsive medication

Pen-torch

Miscellaneous

Thermometer/temperature probe

Blood glucose monitor

Regular medications such as insulin, antibiotics, diuretics

Aug 21, 2016 | Posted by in GENERAL RADIOLOGY | Comments Off on Transfer of the Critical Care Patient

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