Emergency Cart

Emergency Cart
This is also known as crash carts are found in all hospitals and emergency rooms and contain supplies and equipment necessary to treat life-threatening situations.
Emergency Cart is a wheeled cabinet or chest of drawers that contains all of the equipment necessary for emergency resuscitation.
This is conveniently position throughout hospitals and other medical facilities so that they can be quickly accessed in an emergency.

Functions:
 The function of a crash cart is to provide a mobile station within the hospital that contains everything needed to treat a life-threatening situation.
 The advantage of mobility is that it allows the treatment to come to the patient when needed.
Medication
 Emergency carts contain a variety of medications to treat an even wider variety of ailments.
Equipment
 Contain equipment that may become necessary in life-threatening situations. The top of the cart houses a defibrillator, a suction machine and an oxygen tank while the lower drawers contain syringes, medical tubing and rubber gloves.

Contents of Emergency Cart
 Top of trolley: Defibrillator & cardiac monitor.
• Side of cart :
Portable suction machine
Suction machine
Pediatric & adult yank Auer sucker

Oxygen cylinder with:
Pressure reducing valve
Pressure gauge
Nipple adaptor
Cylinder key
Flow meter
Oxygen tubing connected to the flow meter
Code blue performance quality sheet
Code blue attendance sheet

IV Fluids
 PNSS
 D5NSS
 D5 0.3 NaCL
 D5LR
 D5NM
 D5IMB
 D5W
Example of fluids & their uses:
 1.D5W 500cc/250cc (Dextrose in 5% water)
 It is used to supply water and calories to the body. It is also used as a mixing solution (diluent) for other IV medications. Dextrose is a natural sugar found in the body and serves as a major energy source. When used as an energy source, dextrose allows the body to preserve its muscle mass.
 .2.LACTATED RINGERS 1000cc
 Is often used for fluid resuscitation after a