URGENT Medical Supplies

Know a nurse or doctor or pharmacist? Show them this list! There’s more basic stuff near the end and in the general supplies list which may be easier for regular folks to find.

We’re also after neo-natal supplies – list here.

Please also see stretchers etc. needed for ambulances!

For our Ambulance

Yes it looks like we’ve got a 4WD to convert into a field ambulance and a superhero paramedic to go inside it too – he’s given us his shopping list so let’s see what we can do!

Essential – Primary

• Oral Phalangeal Airway (OPA) All sizes x 10 each size
• Nasal Phalangeal Airway (NPA’s) All sizes x 10 for each size
• I-Gels – All Sizes x 5 each
• Bag valve mask (Adult and Paediatric) x 5 each size
• Manual suction x 5
• Extract II stretcher x 2
• EZ-IO Drill for intraosseous access (ALSO REQUIRE EZ-IO NEEDLES, ALL SIZES) x 2
• Traction Splint (For legs, i.e for a mid-shaft femur fracture) x 4
• Pelvic binder x 2
• Splints (Supports broken/unstable limbs) x 4
• Blast bandages X 10
• Celox Z-Fold dressing x 10
• TyTek Tension Pneumothorax Access Kit x 5
• Dressings (large and small) x 20
• CAT Tourniquet x 10
• Russell’s chest seals x 10
• Blood sugar monitor x 2
• Blood pressure cuff x 2
• Pulse oximetry x 2
• Tympanic x 2

Essential – secondary

• Catheter mount for an I-Gel x 5
• Filter piece for the I-Gel x 5
• Head blocks to mobilise head when querying spinal fracture(s) – just a pair
• Eyewash pods
• Suction, either manual or electronic x 1
• Alcohol free wipes
• gloves
• Cannulars, all sizes
• Tegaderms
• Drawing up needles
• 4ml, 5ml, 10ml, 20ml, 50ml syringes x 10 – 20 each size
• Needles for injection x 20
• 100% oxygen mask, adult and paediatric x 10 each size
• Nebuliser mask paediatric and adult (for salbutamol or Ipratropium Bromide) x 10 each size
• Water for injection x 40
• 3 way tap x 10
• Giving sets for delivery of intravenous fluids x 10
• Electrical suction x 1

For the guys on the ground in Ukraine

Urgent Trauma Treatments

• IV fluids and tubing
• 18, 16, and 14 gauge IV catheter
• IO intraosseous infusion access kit

• CAT, SOFT-T or other tourniquets
• Emergency Trauma Bandages
• pressure dressing
• Wound Packing Gauze
• Hemostatic agents, such as Celox, Hemcon bandages, and others

• 14 gauge catheter, at least 3.25 inches long, for needle chest decompression
• Chest seals for pneumothorax
• scalpels

• 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

• 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

• 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.

• EU power cord extensions
• power generators
• feminine pads
• canned goods
• diapers for kids

Please, no more clothes, blankets, food… we have a lot, while other provisions are in huge need and it’s not the best use of space trucking them 1000 miles across Europe.