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Example equipment scale for BASICS practitioners
The list below is adapted from EAST MIDLANDS IMMEDIATE CARE SCHEME and CARE Team lists found on the website.
BASICS does not officially endorse any product supplier listed or inferred.
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Airway |
Trauma pack |
- Pacific A300 doctors bag (alternative is Thomas 1x ALS Ultra back pack
- 1x advanced aeromedical and 1x AED bag
- Suction unit
- Adult and paediatric 'Full stop' Rigid suction catheter (Yankauer)
- Flexible suction catheter sizes 18fg, 8fg
- Disposable Non-rebreathing bag/valve with reservoir (adult and child)
- Disposable Mask paediatric, child, adult Non-rebreathing trauma mask with reservoir and tubing (adult and child)
- Nasopharyngeal airway sizes 6.0 7.0
- Lubricating jelly
- Oropharyngeal airway sizes 0 1 2 3 4
- Oxygen cylinder CD size (460 litres) with integral regulator
- Uncuffed endotracheal tube 2.5, 3.5, 4.5, 5.0,
- Cuffed endotracheal tube 6.0, 7.5, 8.5,
- Gum elastic bougie - Frova Catheter only introducer Cook C-CAE-14.0-65-FIC
- Catheter mount Intubation equipment pouch for bag (roll bag)
- Cook Emergency Pneumothorax Set C-TPTSJ-8.5-6.0
- Asherman chest seal 1
- Kawe laryngoscope handle
- Lite Blade green laryngoscope disposable blades Mackintosh 2,3,4,
- Lite Blade green laryngoscope disposable blades Miller 0,1
- Magill forceps adult
- Wee tester (tube confirmation device)
- Disposable colorimetric adult and paediatric EtCO2 analysers for integration into the breathing circuit
- Wet ones/wipes
- Advanced Airway Support Equipment
- Laryngeal mask airway set. single use, size 3,4,5
- LMA set, reusable if not available as single use, size 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5
- Cricothyroidotomy set ENK Oxygen Flow modulator set Cook C-EFMS -100
- ET tape
- ET tube bite block [Thomas Tube Holders]
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- Pacific A1000 doctors bag Pacific A1000 doctors bag (alternative is Thomas 1x ALS Ultra back pack,
- 1x advanced aeromedical and 1x AED bag)
- Pelvic splint
- Arm-Loc elbow immobilizer adult X1
- Arm-Loc elbow immobilizer child X1
- Ambulance dressing No 1(5X4") No 2 (8X6") No 3(11X8") No 4(13X8")
- Adhesive tape (Blenderm/Micropore) 25mm, 50mm
- Gauze swabs sterile 10X10cm pack of 5
- Triangular bandage
- Wide crepe roller bandage
- CAT - Tornique x2
- FAST1 - sternal IO x1
- Venflons sizes 14g, 16g, 18g, 20g, 22g,
- Adhesive IV dressing
- Blood giving set
- Syringes 2ml, 5ml, 10ml, 20ml
- Sterile gloves Latex free non sterile examination gloves Nitrile
- Needles 21g(green) 23g(blue) 25g(orange)
- Philadelphia adult + paediatric adjustable "patriot" collars
- Intraosseous needles Cooks Dieckmann C-DIN-15.5-3.0-T45-DKM-HD
- 2 way tap with 10cm extension for Intraosseous needle
- Long 14G cannula and needle X2 femoral / jugular venous access or Abbocath-T 16G no C453 4535-76
- Cut down set with artery forceps, curved forceps, silk suture, disposable scalpel size 15 blade, dressing pack
- Surgery pack with sterile needle holder, artery forceps X2, toothed and non-toothed forceps, scissors, Sutures Ethilon 3/0, 4/0, silk 2/0 Hand held suture (Prolene 2/0 with large needle)
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Drugs |
Personal items |
- Suxamethonium 50mg/ml 2ml amps
- Atracurium
- Vecuromum
- Fentanyl
- Etomidate
- Propofol
- Ketamine 20ml amp of 10mg/ml (200mg per 20ml amp)
- Midazolam 10mg in 2ml. (5mg/ml) To be diluted prior to use with 10ml water
Standard drugs carried in a drugs case (only supplied to practitioners with training in their use)
- Diamorphine 5 mg ampoule
- Flumazenil 100 micrograms/ml, 5 ml ampoule
- Cyclizine 50mg/ml, 1 ml ampoule
- Naloxone 400 microgram/ml in 1ml prefilled syringe (Min-I-Jet) Or
- Narcan 400 microgram/ml in 1ml amp
- Benzylpenicillin 600mg vial X2
- Cefotaxime 1g amp powder X2 Adrenaline 1 in 1000 1mg/ml in 1ml ampoule
- Atropine 600 mcg/ml in 1ml ampoule
- Chlorphenaramine (Pirton) 10mg/ml, 1ml amp
- Hydrocortisone powder for reconstitution 100mg vial with 2ml water
- Water for injection 2ml amp for dilution
- Diamorphine
- Water for injection 10ml amp for dilution
- Hypnoval
- Cefotaxime
- Lignocaine 2% (20mg/ml) 20ml amps for local anaesthesia
- Glucagon powder for reconstitution 1 unit (1mg) vial
- Glucose 50% solution in 50ml vial
- Diazepam 10 mg Rectal tubes (Rectal solution) 4mg/ml in 2.5ml tube
- Diazepam 5Mg Rectal tubes (Rectal solution) 2mg/ml in 2.5ml tube
- GTN Aerosol spray (400 mcg metered dose)
- Aspirin 300mg tabs dissolvable
- Salbutamol Nebuliser solution 2mg/ml in 2.5ml vial
- Ipratropium bromide
- Nebuliser solution 250mcg/ml in 2ml vial
- Syntometrine ergometrine 500 micrograms and oxytocinin 5 units/ml, 1ml amp
- Intravenous fluids Normal saline 500ml bag X3 10%
- Dextrose saline 500ml bag X1
Cardiac drugs carried in a drugs case (only supplied to practitioners with training in their use)
- Frusemide 10mg/ml 80mg in 8ml amp (Min-I-Jet)
- Lignocaine 10mg/ml 100mg in10ml prefilled disposable syringe (Min-I-Jet)
- Adrenaline 1 in 10,000 1mg in 10ml (100mcg in 1ml) prefilled disposable syringe (Min-I-Jet)
- Adrenaline 1 in 1000 1mg in 1ml prefilled disposable syringe paediatric use (Aurum)
- Atropine 300mcg/ml 3mg in 30ml prefilled syringe (Min-I-Jet)
- Amiodarone 30mg/ml 300mg in 10ml prefilled syringe (Aurum)
Diamorphine is controlled under Schedule 2 of the "Misuse of drugs" and should be in a locked drug bag in a locked car. Practitioners should keep their own register of the use of controlled drugs as well as other injections given recording batch number and expiratory date.
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- Mobile phone
- Pager
- BASICS identity card
- Patient report form
- Local area maps
- High visibility jacket
- Protective overalls squad suit
- High visibility over trousers
- High visibility waistcoat
- Heavy duty safety boots (Warwick safety plus)
- Heavy duty gloves (Firemaster II)
- Protective glasses (Tourguard IV)
- Helmet Helmet torch with helmet clip and batteries
- Tough-cut shears
- Stethoscope Anaeroid sphygmomanometer with adult cuff and thigh cuff for traumatic lower limb injuries
- Pocket face mask with oxygen inlet
- Venous tourniquet
- Pentorch
- Sharps box
- Peak flow meter with mouth pieces
- Nebuliser with adult and child mask
- Defibrillator - Laedel FR2 plus with ECG module and paediatric pads
- Pulse Oximeter Handheld, pocket size Oximeter saturation monitor for immediate assessment
- Glucometer, strips and finger pricking device
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Vehicle |
- Light bar
- Car radio system
- Warning triangle / strobe
- Mobile phone (hands free)
- Compressed gas 10cmX10cm sticker
- Audible warning device/siren
- Headlamp flasher unit
- Fire extinguisher
- Adult and Paediatric Sagar traction device for lower limb fractures
- Tabard Medical incident Officer
- Triage Action Cards (MIMMS)
- Medical incident aide memoire (SMART MEMO)
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| Thanks are offered towards the following schemes who have contributed to this page. |
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Mercia Accident Rescue Service |
East Midlands Immediate Care Scheme |
West Midlands CARE Team |
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