Appendix: Appropriate Equipment for a General Pediatrics Office

• Masks for bag ventilation (in premature, infant, pediatric, adult sizes)

• Oxygen source with flow meter

• Self-inflating bag with reservoir (500 mL and 1000 mL)

• Oxygen masks (simple, Venturi type, and nonrebreather in premature, infant, child, adult sizes)

• Suction, wall, or portable/Yankauer suction catheters (8F, 10F, 14F)

• Cardiac arrest board

• Emergency drug dosing card or Broselow Pediatric Emergency Tape

• Adhesive tape to secure airway

• Nasal airways (infant to adult sizes)

• Nasogastric tubes (8F, 10F, 14F)

• Oral airways (infant to adult sizes)

• Butterfly needles (23 gauge)

• IV catheters: Short over-the-needle (18 gauge, 20 gauge, 22 gauge, 24 gauge) several of each size

• IV boards, tape, alcohol swabs, tourniquet

• D5 1/2 normal saline

• Isotonic fluids (normal saline or lactated Ringer’s solution)

• Syringes

• Sphygmomanometer (manual plus, if desired, mechanical) and blood pressure cuffs (in premature, infant, child, adult sizes)

• Pediatric drip chambers and tubing

• Albuterol, 0.5% nebulization solution, 20 mL

• Ceftriaxone, 5 g

• Dextrose 25% or 50%, 200 mL

• Epinephrine, 1:1000, 10 amp of 1 mg/mL (also effective when nebulized for croup in place of racemic epinephrine)

• Lidocaine, 1%, 50-mL vial

• Lorazepam or diazepam

• Naloxone, 1 mg/mL, 2-mL vial

• Activated charcoal, 125 g

• Atropine (0.1 mg/mL), 1-mL vials (at least 5 vials)

• Corticosteroids (methylprednisolone or dexamethasone)

• Epinephrine, 1:10,000, 10 mL

• Phenytoin, fosphenytoin, or phenobarbital

• Sodium bicarbonate, 4.2%, 5 50-mL vials or premeasured syringes

• Portable monitor/defibrillator with pediatric paddles and skin electrode contacts (peel and stick)

• Splints

• Pulse oximeter with reusable (older children) and non-reusable (small children) sensors

• Device to check serum glucose

• Strips to check urine for glucose, blood, and so on

• Ophthalmoscope

• Otoscope

• Infant scale

• Standing scale

• View box