A: AIRWAY
| - Face masks
- size 0, 1 (round and triangular), 2, 3, 4.
- Airways
- Guedel(OP) size 000, 00, 0, 1 , 1 .5, 2, 3 AND
- Nasopharyngeal airways: size 2.5 - 5
- Endotracheal tubes Straight, Oral and Nasal RAE
- uncuffed size 2 – 6
- cuffed size 3 – 6
- Laryngoscope
- Paediatric handles – batteries checked
- Blades
- straight (Miller) 00, 0, 1 AND
- curved (Macintosh) 0, 1 , 2, 3
- Paediatric and neonatal intubating stylets (introducers)
- LMAs size 1 – 4
- Angle connectors for face masks
- Paediatric catheter mount
- Filters
- paediatric
- neonatal (Humivent, manufactured by Hiline/Gibeck; size 3.0 & 3.5)
- Magill’s forceps
- Lignocaine spray (“Xylotox”)
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B: BREATHING
| - Jackson-Rees circuit (and connector for O2 cylinder)
- Paediatric breathing circuit (circle) narrow bore, low compliance, low internal resistance)
- Reservoir bags 500ml, 1 l,2l.
- Ambubags paediatric and Neonatal with appropriate reservoir bags
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C: CIRCULATION
| - IV cannulae 24G, 22G and 20G (Jelco/Venflon)
- Syringes
- 1 .0ml syringes (Luer Slip or Lock)
- 50ml Luer Lock
- Drip sets:
- 60 dropper and 20 dropper NEEDLELESS SYSTEMS
- Blood Giving Set
- Short Line/J-Loop
- Bubble/Air TrapsBlood giving set
- Buretrols
- Saline for injection 10 ml ampoules (for drug dilution)
- 3 way taps
- Extension Sets:
- 10 cm extension with 3 way tap
- 80 cm, 1 .4 ml priming volume
- Fluids: 200 ml bags of Ringer’s Lactate to be kept in the warmer
- 1 amp / bag 50% dextrose
- IV dressings (tegaderms) AND Tape (Elastoplast, micropore, transpore, sleek)
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D: MISCELLANEOUS - ADJUNCTS AND MONITORS
| - Suction
- catheters and nasogastric / feeding tubes, size 5 - 1 2
- Yankauer suction catheters (paediatric rounded tip with suction control hole, 16 cm and 21 cm)
- Pulse oximeter
- Paediatric and neonatal (compatible with Monitors! )
- Paediatric ECG electrodes
- BP cuffs
- Neonatal and paediatric (compatible with Monitor! )
- Temperature
- Temperature probe (nasopharyngeal)
- Fluid warmer (eg “Hotline”) and set
- Forced air warmer (“Bair hugger”) blankets and warmer
- Head ring
- Regional Anaesthesia
- Needles for caudals (eg BD 22G short bevel needle), spinals, and blocks (35 mm and 50 mm
- insulated needles e.g. Stimuplex)
- Ultrasound if available
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E: EMERGENCY
| - Difficult Airway Equipment
- Know where the difficult airway equipment is kept
- Cmac or glidescope with paediatric blades
- Paediatric cricothryroidotomy set
- Defibrillator checked and paediatric pads available
- Transport monitor available and charged
If your hospital does major cases, it may be worth having a “major case” box, containing central and arterial line sets, epidural sets, and an intraosseous needle
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