I wanted to provide you with an update of some MERT work we've been doing in the background over the summer and plans for this upcoming academic year.
We have received 98% of the supplies that we need to carry out all of the protocols to care for someone in accordance with our MERT protocols. Please be sure to refamiliarize yourself with them.
The outstanding items include oral glucose (which were on backorder), and Paul Gibson, AKA "Radar O'Reilly", our KHSU facilities manager (and former EMS logistics manager) is working to get our oxygen bottle filled.
I've arranged everything into a duffel bag (to include the O2 cylinder and soon an AED) that we are looking to locate centrally for easy retrieval during an emergency. Mr. Gibson is procuring a wall-mountable cabinet and we are exploring location options. One idea is to locate it on a pillar drectly across from the elevators on the first floor. Rapid accessibility and security of the kit and contents are a delicate balance.
I will probably plan a meeting for next month or October so we can review the contents of our "jump kit", then, I would like to drill (test) a response.
In the meantime, should we need to respond to an actual emergency, the MERT jump kit is located in Paul Gibson's office, which is next to Sara Dixon's office in the "library" on the 2nd floor. *We can't nebuilize any albuterol yet or administer oral glucose for hypoglycemia, but we have everything else:
- Assortment of trauma dressings and bandages (including torniquets) and ice packs
- Glucometer
- A small pouch of medications - ASA, Benadryl, 1 mL epinerphrine 1:1,000 (paramedic/nurse/physician administration only), intranasal naloxone, *albuertol, etc.
- BVM + oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal airways
- [AED still needs retrieved from wall mounted units on each floor in addition to the jump kit]
- There is a set of laryngoscope handles and blades with Magill forceps for removing a foreign body airway obstruction (paramedic/physician only)
Don't hesitate to reach out with questions or suggestions, and thank you for your help and willingness to serve on this team!
Pm