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Cardiac arrest - out of hospital care - Management
What resuscitation equipment should be available in primary care?
- As a minimum, the following resuscitation equipment should be available in every primary healthcare practice:
- Oxygen mask with reservoir bag
- Pocket mask and one-way valve
- Oropharyngeal (Guedel) airway or laryngeal mask airway (only for use by people with appropriate training and experience)
- Automated external defibrillator with electrodes and razor (to shave the area intended for electrode placement). A manual defibrillator is also appropriate provided that the rescuer is trained in basic rhythm recognition, and that they are confident in recognizing shockable, non-shockable, and potentially-perfusing rhythms.
- Syringe and needles
- Intravenous cannulae
- Oxygen
- Adrenaline
- Amiodarone
- Atropine
- Tape
- Gloves
- Sharps box
- Scissors
- Saline flush
- Tissues
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