ABS Emergency Cart

This is new design of crash cart with differenct colors to lable differenct drawers.

Acrash cartorcode cart(crash trolleyin UK medical jargon) is a set of trays/drawers/shelves on wheels used in hospitals for transportation and dispensing of emergency medication/equipment at site of medical/surgical emergency for life support protocols (ACLS/ALS) to potentially save someone's life.

The contents of a crash cart vary from hospital to hospital, but typically contain the tools and drugs needed to treat a person in or nearcardiac arrest. These include but are not limited to:

Monitor/defibrillators, suction devices, andbag valve masks (BVMs) of different sizesAdvanced cardiac life support (ACLS) drugs such asepinephrine,atropine,amiodarone,lidocaine,sodium bicarbonate,dopamine, andvasopssinFirst line drugs for treatment of common problems such as:adenosine,dextrose,diazepamormidazolam, epinephrine for IM use,naloxone,nitroglycerin, and othersDrugs for rapid sequence intubation:succinylcholineor anotherparalytic, and asedativesuch asetomidateor midazolam;endotracheal tubesand otherintubatingequipmentDrugs for peripheral and central venous accessPediatric equipment (common pediatric drugs, intubation equipment, etc.)Other drugs and equipment as chosen by the facility

Hospitals typically have internalintercomcodes used for situations when someone has suffered acardiac arrestor a similar potentially fatal condition outside of the emergency room or intensive care unit (where such conditions already happen frequently and do not require special announcements). When such codes are given, hospital staff and volunteers are expected to clear the corridors, and to direct visitors to stand aside as the crash cart and a team of physicians, pharmacists and nurses may come through at any moment.