CRASH CART DRUGS AND ITS IMPORTANCE

1. Crash cart drugs and
importance

2. WHAT IS MADICAL CRASH CART
The medical crash cart is a critical part of the medical
industry. The crash cart allows medical professionals to
respond quickly to codes and is more than merely a
medication cart because it contains everything that
might be needed in terms of medication and equipment
in a life saving emergency

3. ASLO CALLED MEDICAL ROLLING CART
medical rolling cart, a dispensing unit, and
an equipment center. It can carry the
medication and medical supplies to the site
and allow staff to retrieve and use what
they need quickly to provide life support.

4. The medical

5. crash cart

6. WHAT IS USE OF CRASH CART
What is a medical crash cart used for?
The crash cart is mobile and can be wheeled to the location
where it is required. It can also be moved around a room or
ward to allow medical staff to use it to take a patient’s blood
pressure, check their vital signs, or perform stress testing.
Medical staff can respond to emergencies quickly and
efficiently. They can access equipment such as defibrillators, IV
fluid, endotracheal tubes, and vital medication within
moments, potentially saving someone’s life.

7. LOCATION
Medical crash carts or code carts are not found
everywhere in a hospital and normally have specific
locations which allow them access to many areas of the
hospital. The most common places to put them are in an
operating room, an emergency treatment area, an
outpatient surgery center, or a site nearby any area
which might require immediate medication or life
saving devices

9. On top of the cart
The defibrillator on the
top of the crash cart
should be ready to use as
soon as needed and
checked daily to ensure it
is in good working order.
The defibrillation pads
should be multipurpose
to allow it to be used in
various situations. There
should also be separate

10. infant pads and paddles
ready to use.
Oxygen supplies and valves
should be easily accessible.
These supplies and valves
should include a few choices
of face mask size, including
an infant facemask.
The oxygen tank should be securely fastened to the side of the cart.
The pressure or oxygen level in the tank should be checked
regularly, dated, and initialed by the staff member who checked it.

11. A CPR backboard and a resuscitation tape for pediatric care should
also be stored outside the cart
INTUBATION
Intubation
Intubation can be one of the tasks a crash cart is used
for. The materials for this might be kept lower down
in one of the crash cart drawers, depending on how
the rest of the drawers are organized.

12. Because of how the equipment looks, pediatric and
adult intubation equipment should be separated
INTRAVENOUS LINES
Intravenous lines
The materials needed to start an IV line should have
their own drawer in the crash cart. This drawer
should include various sizes of needles, syringes, and
other variable equipment so any patient can be

13. treated. You may choose to have the IV solutions kept
in the drawer as well for easy access.

15. PROCEDURE KITS
Procedure kits
The equipment needed for medical procedures is generally
kept in the bottom drawer, often the fifth drawer, of the
crash cart set. This equipment is designed to be used for the
emergency procedures that are often required during a
code.
The equipment should be prepared in kits, with each kit
specified for a particular procedure. Sterile gloves and

16. sutures should also be included in this drawer to be
retrieved at the same time as the procedure kit
Types of crash carts
Although crash carts are often similar, some have specific purposes.
These purposes vary based on the necessary equipment or
medication as well as the organization of the cart.
For example, a crash cart in an age-specific facility might need
particular medications or equipment. For example, pediatric
medicine and geriatric medicine often have vastly different needs,
and the cart’s contents can reflect this. So for example, you need to

17. stock your pediatric crash carts with children’s medicine and
equipment.
The part of the facility in which the cart is being used may also
mean a different type of crash cart. An urgent care crash cart can
differ from a crash cart kept in an operating room.
OTHER ISSUES AND COMPLICATIONS
Another issue is that medication and equipment might be subject
to expiration dates. Keep a schedule of when to check for
expiration dates and note when they are on a separate document
in order to refill the cart when necessary.

18. Make sure to have a specific schedule for inventories on each
crash cart at your medical facility, with a log of who performed
the checks. There should also be a record of what was replaced
and when. Keeping a record can avoid potential medication
mistakes, as well as dangerous situations such as empty oxygen
tanks being left unfilled.
CUSTOMIZE YOUR CRASH CART
Sometimes, customizing your crash cart means
meeting the special medical needs of your facility.
The regulations required for your medical practice

19. may vary depending on which state you operate
in. Make sure to check whether there are any
additional rules to follow in the way you set up or
maintain your crash cart.

20. Thanku
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