« Beyond IQ: How's you... | Main | Two tips for faster ... » Friday Feb 16, 2018 Medical emergencies: Do you have these items at the ready? The availability of certain equipment and medications in your office is key to your ability to respond effectively to a medical emergency. Ensuring that staff members can access these items efficiently and use them correctly is also critical. Keeping in mind your office size, staffing, and proximity to emergency services, consider stocking the following items (download the checklist from the FPM Toolbox): Equipment □ Automated external defibrillator (AED) □ Bag mask ventilator (two bag sizes and three mask sizes for adult, pediatric, and infant) □ Blood pressure cuff (all sizes) □ Blood spill cleanup kit □ Cardiac board □ CPR barrier device □ Eye wash □ Glucometer □ Intravenous catheter/butterfly needles (18 to 24 gauge) □ Intravenous extension tubing and T-connectors □ Nasal airways (one set) □ Nasogastric tubes □ Nasal cannula for oxygen □ Nebulizer or metered dose inhaler with spacer and face mask □ Non-rebreather mask (three sizes) □ Oxygen mask (three sizes) □ Oxygen tank and flow meter □ Portable suction device and catheters, or bulb syringe □ Pulse oximeter for child and adult usage □ Resuscitation tape (color-coded) □ Universal precautions (latex-free gloves, masks, and eye protection) Medications □ Acetaminophen (rectal suppositories) □ Albuterol □ Aspirin, chewable □ Atropine □ Ceftriaxone □ Corticosteroids, parenteral □ Dextrose 25% and 50% □ Diazepam, parenteral □ Diphenhydramine, oral and parenteral □ Epinephrine injection □ Flumazenil □ Glucagon □ Lidocaine □ Lorazepam, sublingual □ Morphine □ Naloxone □ Nitroglycerin spray □ Saline, normal Adapted from “A Practical Guide to Emergency Preparedness for Office-Based Family Medicine.” Posted at 09:00AM Feb 16, 2018 by FPM Editors « Beyond IQ: How's you... | Main | Two tips for faster ... »
