Appendix B: List of Recommended Equipment & Medications
Equipment
- 3-lead Heart monitor for each client under supervision, preferably with manual defibrillation
- Oxygen tanks, pressure regulators, tubing, nasal cannulas, masks and ambu bag/masks
- IV ports and tubing
- Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) preferred, especially if no manual defibrillators on heart monitors, or there are periods where ACLS staff would not be present to operate them
- Sterile syringes and secure disposal unit
- Scale accurate to .01g or better
- Locked box for all medications
- Blood pressure cuff
- Pulse oximeter
- Mindfold Relaxation Masks or other comfortable eye shades
Medications
- Crash cart with all ACLS meds
- Non-steroidal anti-inflammatories
- Oral & IV diphenhydramine or appropriate substitute (Ch. 12)
- Oral Alprazolam
- Oral Morphine Sulfate
- 1L bags of Hartmann’s solution or Lactated Ringers
- IV Atropine
- Epinephrine
- Dopamine
- Oral & IV Diazepam
- Oral Ativan
- IV Ativan/Lorazepan
- IV Naloxone
- Magnesium Sulfate
- Potassium Chloride
