URGENT Medical Supplies
Know a nurse or doctor or pharmacist? Show them this list!
FLUID RESUSCITATION
- IV fluids and tubing
- 18, 16, and 14 gauge IV catheter
- IO intraosseous infusion access kit
HEMORRHAGE (BLOOD LOSS) CONTROL
- CAT, SOFT-T or other tourniquets
- Emergency Trauma Bandages
- pressure dressing
- Wound Packing Gauze
- Hemostatic agents, such as Celox, Hemcon bandages, and others
AIRWAY MANAGEMENT
- 14 gauge catheter, at least 3.25 inches long, for needle chest decompression
- Chest seals for pneumothorax
- scalpels
ASSORTED EQUIPMENT
- Alcohol or Providine/Iodine swabs
- Cravats (Triangular bandages)
- Assorted gauze roller bandages
- Band-Aids
- Assorted sizes of tape
- Assorted hypodermic needles and syringes
- Water Gel for burn dressing
- Small sharps container
- Safety pins
- Gloves
- black permanent markers
- Emergency blankets (aluminum foil), aka space blankets
- PMR446 radios / walkie-talkies
MEDICINE
- Morphine
- Antibiotics
- Narcan, a narcotics antagonist, to counter morphine's respiratory-depression effects.
- Phenergan, an anti-nausea treatment, which also increases the pain-reducing effects of morphine.
- Epi-pen, epinephrine
NO PRESCRIPTION MEDICINE
- acetaminophen (Tylenol), anti-pyretic and pain reducer.
- Naproxen and ibuprofen, different NSAIDs which reduce pain and inflammation.
- Diphenhydramine (Benadryl), an antihistamine with a sedative side effect.
- Pseudoephedrine, a nasal decongestant.
- Guaifenesin, an expectorant.
- Loperamide (Imodium AD) an anti-diarrheal agent.
- Pepto Bismol tablets, to settle upset stomachs, treat diarrhea, and heartburn.
- Docusate sodium, a low strength stool softener.
HUMANITARIAN
- EU power cord extensions
- power generators
- feminine pads
- canned goods
- diapers for kids
Please do not send
Please, no clothes, blankets… we have a lot, while other provisions are in huge need.
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Mob friends and any Ambulance crew/paramedics friends of friends
I need a kit list for a paramedic ambulance biased for battlefield first aid.
Any assistance in kit falling off QM racking will be rewarded with a stand at the bar*
*sorry the beer will be delayed until I get back
Love ya all you sexy beasts xx
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