There Goes An Ambulance! by https://padlet.com/kgaribaldi7412/llqq1g5vbjpcly7r en-us 2025-01-22 01:08:33 UTC 2025-01-23 19:11:32 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/8.0/png/1f691.png Laredo Ambulance kgaribaldi7412 https://padlet.com/kgaribaldi7412/llqq1g5vbjpcly7r/wish/3299603600 BLS Medical Equipment

  1. Suction Unit

    Purpose: Big tub with a tube and rod to suction any fluid that is obstructing the airway

    Ex.) stoma cleaning

  2. Sharps Container

    Purpose: Box that has an unopenable lid, usually red to throw away sharps such as needles to avoid contamination

    Ex.) IV

  3. Stethoscope

    Purpose: A device with a small metal circle called a bell that auscultates a patient's heart or lungs

    Ex.) hemothorax PT or a heart murmur

  4. Trauma shears

    purpose: Sharp scissors used to cut through a patient's clothes or even seatbelts

  5. Pulse oximeter

    purpose: an electronic device used to measure the saturation of oxygen in a patient's blood, usually attached to a patient's finger

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  1. Wheeled Ambulance Strecher

    Purpose: A traveling wheeled device, either electronic or manual,l used to move and carry patients

  2. Oxygen Tank

    Purpose: a tank that carries oxygen, can be used for patients that are on a ventilator/ who have oxygen issues

  3. Blood glucose monitor

    Purpose: An electronic monitor used to measure how much sugar is carried by blood

    Ex.) Important tool for those dealing with diabetes

  4. tourniquet

    Purpose: A strip of cloth that can be wrapped tightly on a patient's extremity to stop bleeding

    Ex.) when an artery is cut open, bleeding is profuse

  5. Transfer tarp or slideboard

    Purpose: Flat board that allows patients to move on stretcher safely, can be used for patients that have difficulty moving places independently

    Ex.) geriatric patients who suffer with osteoporosis

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  • Semiautomated defibrillation equipment

    purpose: Used to analyze heart rhythm and detect abnormal heart rhythm then deliver a shock.

  • Long backboard

    purpose: provides rigid spinal immobilization

  • head immobilization device

    purpose: Helps fix the patient's head into place for proper immobilization.

  • wheeled stair chair

    purpose: A chair that has wheels on the bottom, its main purpose is to help move patients up and down stairs.

  • Bag mask device

    purpose: to help give patients who are in respiratory failure positive pressure ventilation

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  • chemical hot/cold packs

    purpose: Basically a hot/ice pack that helps with inflammation per say a contusion or a jammed digital

  • Blood pressure cuffs

    purpose: There are different sizes for different demographics, such as child, adult, and X-L adult. used to gain blood pressure on patients. important vital

  • infection control kits (Gloves, masks, gowns)

    purpose: used to minimize contamination when dealing with a sick patient who has a contagious illness.

  • Cervical collar

    purpose: Used to limit cervical area movement when dealing with a spinal cord injury.

  • Portable radio/cell phone

    purpose: Can be used for dispatch to revel information for the call that the unit was dispatched to, can also be used as a GPS to locate patient

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