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Table 1 Major equipment items used by US Air Force Expeditionary Medical System to provide critical care

From: Clinical review: Critical care transport and austere critical care

Medications

Medications

   Antibiotics

   Pulmonary medications

Amphotericin

Albuterol sulfate metered dose inhaler (MDI) and liquid

Metronidazole

Ipratropium bromide MDI and liquid

Gentamicin

Racepinephrine

Ceftriaxone

Levalbuterol MDI

Vancomycin

   Toxicology

Ampicillin/Sulbactam

Acetylcysteine

Piperacillin/Tazobactam

Charcoal-activated suspension

Levofloxacin

Flumazenil

Cefazolin

Protamine

Acyclovir

Naloxone

Bacitracin

Glucagon

   Vasopressors/Inotropes/Antiarrhythmics

   Miscellaneous

Phenylephrine

Mannitol

Norepinephrine

Promethazine

Digoxin

Metoclopramide

Dopamine

Cimetidine

Procainamide

Ranitidine

Dobutamine

Potassium chloride

Adenosine

Magnesium sulfate

Lidocaine

Diphenhydramine

   Sedatives/Analgesics/Paralytics

Sodium polystyrene

Haloperidol

   Advanced cardiac life support (ACLS)

Fentanyl

All medications specified to under ACLS protocol

Acetaminophen

Blood products

Ibuprofen

   Packed red blood cells

Midazolam

   Fresh frozen plasma

Propofol

   Factor VIIa

Ketorolac

   Whole blood (platelets not widely available) (donors are pre-screened)

Morphine sulfate

 

Meperidine

Laboratory

Lorazepam

   Access to Expeditionary Medical System laboratory

Diazepam

Shelter

Phenobarbitol

   Alaska Structures Medical Shelter (tent system) (Alaska Structures, Inc., Anchorage, AK, USA)

Etomidate

 

Succinylcholine

Electricity

Vecuronium

   Generated on site with MEP-7 electrical generator

   Cardiac/Antihypertensives

Oxygen

Nitroglycerine tablets, paste, and drip

   Generated on site with EDOCS 120B oxygen generator

Nitroprusside

Diagnostic imaging

Aspirin

   Access to Expeditionary Medical System radiology (includes computed tomography in some cases)

Heparin

 

Verapamil

Major equipment items

Labetalol

   Impact 754 ventilator (Impact Instrumentation, Inc., West Caldwell, NJ, USA)

Metoprolol

   Pulmonetics LTV 1000 ventilator (Pulmonetic Systems, Inc., Minneapolis, MN, USA)

Alteplase

 

Tenecteplase

   Welch Allyn Propaq 206 EL physiologic monitor (Welch Allyn, Skaneateles, NY, USA)

Furosemide

 

Phentolamine

   Zoll CCT monitor/defibrillator/external pacemaker (ZOLL Medical Corporation, Chelmsford, MA, USA)

Isoproterenol

 

Diltiazem

   Pentax FB15-X bronchoscope (Pentax Instruments, Tokyo, Japan)