Emergency trolley

Emergency trolley: Is one equipped trolley with [the essential medication and tools that need for emergency and urgent cases.

Goal of emergency trolley is:
1. Saving time.  2. Keep life of patient.
3. Saving effort of medication.

Uses of emergency trolley :
1. Ventricular fibrillation   2. Respiratory paralysis
3. Ventricular tachycardia

• Check up the trolley:
AT the beginning of each shift the in charge nurse should check the equipment and medication if they are prepared for use in critical situation and ensure that drug is in good statues (check the expiratory date)as this paper & the quantity of each medication

On the top of emergency trolley:
1. Monitor/defibrillator with patient cable and electrode attached.
2. Defibrillator paddles.
3. ABGs syringe.
4. Ky-gel.
5. Ambu bag-adult W/mask size: 4.5.
6. Ambu bag-pediatric W/mask size: 2.
7. Ambu mask infant size: 0A.
8. Laryngoscope with medium blade attached.
9. Laryngoscope with small blade attached.
10. Stylit for adult and pediatric
11. shuttle forceps .

The emergency trolley consist of 5 drawers:

THE FIRST DRAWER(MEDICATIONS):

1. Adrenaline 1mg /ml
2. Atropine 600mcg/ml.
3. Isorbide Dinitrate 10mg/10ml (isoket)
4. nitroglycerine 10 mg/5 ml (nitocine)
5. Lignocaine 1%, without adrenaline.
6. Lignocaine 2%, with adrenaline
7. Dopamine 200 mg/5 ml
8. Calcium Gluconate 10%
9. Digoxin 0.5/2ml (Lanoxin)
10. 10 ml potassium chloride 7.45%
11. Aminophillin 250 mg / 10 ml
12. Hydrocortisone 100mg /2 ml 1.V /1.M
13. proranolol 1 mg / 1 ml (Inderal)
14. Dexamethasone 8 mg / 2 ml (Decadron)
15. Frusemide 20mg / 2ml (Lasix) I.V /I.M
16. suprel
17. metoclopramide 10mg/ 2ml (zantac).
18. sodium bicarbonate I.V push CPR/I.V infusions
19. Tavaggle (or Avial if available)
20. Cordarone 150 m