4 Must-Have Items on Every Crash Cart Trolley
The importance of a crash cart trolley cannot be emphasized enough. The fact that it comes in really handy while attending a patient who needs immediate medical attention, is enough to describe its significance in any hospital. Every hospital has to adhere to the Advanced Cardiac Life Support Guidelines (ACLS) and have the following or similar supplies on crash cart trolleys. Emergency Medication: Dopamine, Epinephrine, Sodium Bicarbonate, Amiodarone, Atropine among others. Medication for other problems: Emergency medication includes Benadryl, EPI Pens, Narcan, Aspirin, and Atropine Airways Management Equipment: Oral airways, nasal airways, bag valve masks, intubation supplies, oxygen cylinders and oxygen masks. IV Access Equipment: Saline flushes, IV fluids, IV tubing, angiocaths and blood draw equipment. Apart from the list of equipment mentioned above, every hospital must consider including cardiac monitor and defibrillator. Besides, since the populace of ever