Emergency Response Equipment

[Neats, BSN]

Can anyone tell me what is inside your emergency bag? We have all the basic supplies including an AED. We do not keep any medication such as scheduled II narcs. We do have epi pens. We do respond with a gurney (on our golf cart). We keep laminated tags on the outside of the bag (with expiration dates) and then monthly, inventory the bag contents and update any info that has changed with a grease pencil on the laminated tag. We took out the O2 tank because of the weight. If a staff member wants to respond to an emergent call with O2 they just grab one on the way out the door.

So besides the basic response equipment are there any nurses employed in corrections responding to emergencies with something in your bag that is great and you cannot live without?

[deyo321]

Our bag has individual bags (like shaving kits) velcroed in so you can rip out what you need. Like one is diabetic emergency, IV start, etc. We have all the regular stuff, but I made myself a "lac" bag out of one. I seemed to be responding to cutters frequently, so I made myself a bag with exactly what I need on the scene for lacerations. I mean you dont need O2 for superficials lacs. So everything is in one place the way I like it.

[Multicollinearity, BSN, RN]

Can anyone tell me what is inside your emergency bag? We have all the basic supplies including an AED. We do not keep any medication such as scheduled II narcs. We do have epi pens. We do respond with a gurney (on our golf cart). We keep laminated tags on the outside of the bag (with expiration dates) and then monthly, inventory the bag contents and update any info that has changed with a grease pencil on the laminated tag. We took out the O2 tank because of the weight. If a staff member wants to respond to an emergent call with O2 they just grab one on the way out the door.

So besides the basic response equipment are there any nurses employed in corrections responding to emergencies with something in your bag that is great and you cannot live without?

What about (((narcan))), nitro, D50, and glucagon? Petroleum gauze for sucking chest wounds? Airways & BVM?

[picklegal]

Our emergency bag does include glucagon, petroleum gauze and airways. We don't have narcan, working in a county facility with people coming off the streets, into booking, on large amounts of heroin it would be wise to have.