1. Emergency Preparedness

2. Lecture aim To decide on a system on DU so can give good emergency care

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

4. 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

5. Training – how to ensure?

6. Communication System – To doctors – to ICU / to anaesthetist

7. CHECK LISTS

8. What should be in the Resus Trolley?

9. A Oro-pharyngeal airways Suction catheters (Suction Machine) ETT size 6, 7, 8 (paediatric?) Cuff syringe 10ml tape

10. B Oxygen masks Oxygen nasal prongs (Oxygen cylinder or concentrator) Bag-and-mask

11. C IV Cannulae Syringes Giving Sets Tape Gloves

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

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

14. 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