Emergency%20Preparedness

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• Emergency Preparedness

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Lecture aim

• To decide on a system on DU so can give good
  emergency care

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What is needed on the DU to be prepared for
emergencies?
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• 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

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• Training how to ensure?

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• Communication System
• To doctors
• to ICU / to anaesthetist

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• CHECK LISTS

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• 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

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B

• Oxygen masks
• Oxygen nasal prongs
• (Oxygen cylinder or concentrator)
• Bag-and-mask

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C

• IV Cannulae
• Syringes
• Giving Sets
• Tape
• Gloves

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Drugs

• RL/NS
• Glucose
• Adrenaline
• Atropine
• Hydralazine
• Diazepam
• Morphine
• Salbutamol
• Nitroglycerine
• Furosemide
• Newspaper
• Intubation drugs?

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How to ensure the equipment drugs are always
there?
Named person responsible for daily / Every
shift?
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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