Transcript Bild 1 - Life Support Foundation

Emergency Preparedness
Lecture aim
• To decide on a system on DU so
can give good emergency care
What is needed on the DU to be
prepared for emergencies?
• Nurses trained and refreshed in emergency
care
• Doctors on-call who can come quickly in
emergency
• Communication System to doctors / to ICU / to
anaesthetist
• Checklists, protocols
• Resus Trolley
– Emergency Drugs
– Emergency Equipment
• Training – how to ensure?
• Communication System
– To doctors
– to ICU / to anaesthetist
CHECK LISTS
• What should be in the Resus Trolley?
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Oro-pharyngeal airways
Suction catheters (Suction Machine)
ETT size 6, 7, 8 (paediatric?)
Cuff syringe 10ml
tape
B
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Oxygen masks
Oxygen nasal prongs
(Oxygen cylinder or concentrator)
Bag-and-mask
C
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IV Cannulae
Syringes
Giving Sets
Tape
• Gloves
Drugs
RL/NS
Glucose
Adrenaline
Atropine
Hydralazine
Diazepam
Morphine
Salbutamol
Nitroglycerine
Furosemide
Newspaper
Intubation drugs?
How to ensure the equipment &
drugs are always there?
Named person responsible for
daily /
Every shift?
Summary
• To be prepared for emergencies the DU
needs a well stocked resus trolley
•The resus trolley needs to be checked
systematically
Preparedness saves lives