For purposes of general safety: | Minimum Qty. |
(1) Flares, self igniting, 30 minute | 12 |
(2) Flashlights, battery powered 6V, stand-up lantern type |
2
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(3) Gauntlets, foam insulated, vinyl coated, fluorescent orange |
2 pairs
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Medical equipment: | |
(1) Portable suction apparatus, with wide-bore tubing and rigid pharyngeal suction tip. |
1
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(2) Bag-mask ventilation unit, hand-operated, with adult, child, and infant size masks. Clear masks are preferable. Valves must operate in cold weather, and unit must be capable of use with oxygen supply. |
1
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(3) Oropharyngeal airways, adult, child, and infant sizes. | 2 each |
(4) Mouth-to-mouth artificial ventilation airways, for adults, and children. Commonly referred to as “S” tubes, Resusci-Tubes, etc. (May be combined with Item 3 above). | |
(5) Portable oxygen equipment (Flynn Valve or Equal) with adequate tubing and semi-open, valveless transparent masks in adult, child, and infant sizes. (Plus 1 extra D or E cylinder.) |
1
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(6) Mouth gags, either commercial or made of three tongue blades taped together and padded. |
3
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(7) Sterile solutions, preferably in plastic bags, for wetting dressings, flushing chemicals, etc. |
6 |
(8) Universal dressings, approximately 10 inches by 36 inches, compactly folded and packaged in convenient size. |
12
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(9) Sterile gauze pads, 4 inches by 4 inches. | 200
|
(10) Bandages, soft roller, self-adhering-type 6 inches x 5 yards. |
24
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(11) Aluminum foil, roll, 18 inches x 25 feet, sterilized and wrapped. | 1 |
(12) Adhesive tap, 3 inches wide.
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2
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(13) Burn sheets, sterile. | 2
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(14) Traction splint, lower extremity, hinged half-ring with commercial limb-support slings, padded ankle hitch, and traction strap. (Hare Traction Splint or Pulsion Traction Splint) | 1
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(15) Padded boards, 4-1/2 feet long by 3 inches wide. Padded boards, 3 feet long, or material comparable to 4-ply wood for coaptation splinting of leg or thigh. | 2 each |
(16) Padded wooden splints, 15 inches x 3 inches, for fractures of the forearm. (By local option, similar splints of cardboard, plastic, wire-ladder, or canvas slotted lace-on may be carried in place of the above 36 inches and 15 inches boards.) | 2
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(17) Inflated splints, uncomplicated, in addition to Item 16 or as substitute for the short boards. Arm and leg. | 2 kits
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