Table 2 Major equipment items used by US Air Force Critical Care Air Transport Teams to provide critical care in flight

Aircraft used

Medications

   C-17, C-130, KC-135, C-9, C-21, others as available/required

   Cardiac/Antihypertensives

Electricity

Phentolamine

   Converted from aircraft electrical system

Isoproterenol

Oxygen

Diltiazem

   Built-in aircraft oxygen system (C-17); portable liquid or compressed oxygen on others

   Toxicology

Flumazenil

Medications

Naloxone

   Antibiotics

Glucagon

Vancomycin

   Pulmonary medications

Cefazolin

Albuterol sulfate metered dose inhaler (MDI)

Ceftriaxone

Ipratropium bromide MDI

Clindamycin

Racepinephrine

Gentamycin

   Miscellaneous

Levofloxicin

Mannitol

Amoxicillin/Clavulanate

Albunim

Ampicillin/Sulbactam

Promethazine

Piperacillin/Tazobactam

Metoclopramide

   Vasopressors/Inotropes/Antiarrhythmics

Cimetidine

Dopamine

Ranitidine

Dobutamine

Potassium chloride

Lidocaine

Magnesium sulfate

Epinephrine

Diphenhydramine

Noepinephrine

Sodium polystyrene

Vasopressin

Phenytoin

Phenylephrine

Methylprednisolone

Digoxin

Dexamethasone

Adenosine

   Advanced cardiac life support (ACLS)

Procainamide

All medications specified to under ACLS protocol

Amiodarone

Supplies

   Sedatives/Analgesics/Paralytics

   Crystalloid and colloid IV fluid and tubing

Propofol

   Central venous and arterial access kits

Midazolam

   Chest tube insertion kits and pluerovax

Lorazepam

   Nasopharyngeal, oral, laryngeal mask, and endotrachial airways

Haloperidol

   with intubation supplies

Etomidate

   Cricothyrotomy kits

Meperidine

   Portable intracranial pressure monitor

Morphine sulfate

   Foley catheters

Fentanyl

   Sterile gowns and gloves

Acetaminophen

   Wound dressing supplies

Ketorolac

   Ventilator circuits, heat/moisture exchangers, and EtCO₂ (end-tidal carbon dioxide) monitoring supplies

Vecronium

Succinylcholine

Laboratory

   Cardiac/Antihypertensives

   i-STAT blood analyzer (i-STAT Corporation, East Windsor, NJ, USA)

Nitroglycerine spray and IV

Major equipment items

Nitroprusside

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

Aspirin

Heparin

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

Enoxaparin

Verapamil

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

Labetalol

Metoprolol

   Three Impact 326 suction machines (Impact Instrumentation, Inc.)

Furosemide

   Three triple-channel IV pumps