crash carts
Resuscitation supply stations
A crash cart is a wheeled cart stocked with emergency medical equipment and medications, positioned for rapid response to cardiac arrest or other life-threatening situations.
Found in hospitals and medical facilities, crash carts typically contain defibrillators, airways, IV supplies, and emergency drugs: The nurse grabbed the crash cart when the patient flatlined.
- syringeMedical injection tool
- defibrillatorHeart-shocking medical device
- code blueHospital cardiac arrest signal
- cardiac arrestAbrupt cessation of circulation
- medicationsSubstances treating medical conditions
emergency · emergency room · rapid response · resuscitation · heart rhythm · flat line · shock · life support · medical emergency · epinephrine · pulse · heartbeat · needle · electrodes · glucometer · laryngoscope · atropine · pulse oximeter
- ICUventilators, ventilator, critical care, life support, defibrillators
- patient safetypatient safety, medication safety, drug safety, infection control, hand hygiene