Table 2 |
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Major equipment items used by US Air Force Critical Care Air Transport Teams to provide critical care in flight |
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Aircraft used |
Medications |
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C-17, C-130, KC-135, C-9, C-21, others as available/required |
Cardiac/Antihypertensives |
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Electricity |
Phentolamine |
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Converted from aircraft electrical system |
Isoproterenol |
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Oxygen |
Diltiazem |
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Built-in aircraft oxygen system (C-17); portable liquid or compressed oxygen on others |
Toxicology |
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Flumazenil |
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Medications |
Naloxone |
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Antibiotics |
Glucagon |
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Vancomycin |
Pulmonary medications |
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Cefazolin |
Albuterol sulfate metered dose inhaler (MDI) |
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Ceftriaxone |
Ipratropium bromide MDI |
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Clindamycin |
Racepinephrine |
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Gentamycin |
Miscellaneous |
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Levofloxicin |
Mannitol |
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Amoxicillin/Clavulanate |
Albunim |
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Ampicillin/Sulbactam |
Promethazine |
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Piperacillin/Tazobactam |
Metoclopramide |
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Vasopressors/Inotropes/Antiarrhythmics |
Cimetidine |
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Dopamine |
Ranitidine |
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Dobutamine |
Potassium chloride |
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Lidocaine |
Magnesium sulfate |
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Epinephrine |
Diphenhydramine |
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Noepinephrine |
Sodium polystyrene |
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Vasopressin |
Phenytoin |
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Phenylephrine |
Methylprednisolone |
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Digoxin |
Dexamethasone |
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Adenosine |
Advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) |
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Procainamide |
All medications specified to under ACLS protocol |
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Amiodarone |
Supplies |
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Sedatives/Analgesics/Paralytics |
Crystalloid and colloid IV fluid and tubing |
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Propofol |
Central venous and arterial access kits |
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Midazolam |
Chest tube insertion kits and pluerovax |
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Lorazepam |
Nasopharyngeal, oral, laryngeal mask, and endotrachial airways |
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Haloperidol |
with intubation supplies |
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Etomidate |
Cricothyrotomy kits |
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Meperidine |
Portable intracranial pressure monitor |
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Morphine sulfate |
Foley catheters |
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Fentanyl |
Sterile gowns and gloves |
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Acetaminophen |
Wound dressing supplies |
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Ketorolac |
Ventilator circuits, heat/moisture exchangers, and EtCO2 (end-tidal carbon dioxide) monitoring supplies |
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Vecronium |
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Succinylcholine |
Laboratory |
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Cardiac/Antihypertensives |
i-STAT blood analyzer (i-STAT Corporation, East Windsor, NJ, USA) |
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Nitroglycerine spray and IV |
Major equipment items |
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Nitroprusside |
Three Impact 754 ventilators (Impact Instrumentation, Inc., West Caldwell, NJ, USA) |
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Aspirin |
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Heparin |
Three Welch Allyn Propaq 206 EL physiologic monitors (Welch Allyn, Skaneateles, NY, USA) |
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Enoxaparin |
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Verapamil |
One Zoll CCT monitor/defibrillator/external pacemaker (ZOLL Medical Corporation, Chelmsford, MA, USA) |
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Labetalol |
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Metoprolol |
Three Impact 326 suction machines (Impact Instrumentation, Inc.) |
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Furosemide |
Three triple-channel IV pumps |
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Rice et al. Critical Care 2008 12:207 doi:10.1186/cc6782 |
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