Materials needed for the Ambulance Center
Donations of the following items will equip ambulances with necessary medical supplies and help EMTs learn to provide high-quality health care to the people of Nepal. Anything you can contribute will be greatly appreciated.
| Medical Equipment Needed | |
| Item |
Quantity |
| Large Medical Equipment |
|
| Oxygen tank: |
14 |
| Regulator for oxygen: |
14 |
| Defibrillator with ECG monitor and oxygen saturation; battery powered or re-wired to be powered by the ambulance battery: |
12 |
| Long spineboard: |
27 |
| Webbing and plastic buckles for longboard: |
54 |
| Materials to immobilize head, for longboard: |
27 |
| Shortboard: |
27 |
| Webbing and plastic buckles for shortboard: |
54 |
| Materials to immobilize head, for shortboard: |
27 |
| Traction splint, for femur fractures: |
28 |
| Re-usable Small Medical Equipment |
|
| Rigid cervical collar, adult-size: |
46 |
| Rigid cervical collar, child-size: |
22 |
| Non-rebreather oxygen masks, and tubing. |
|
| Adult-size: |
46 |
| Child-size: |
22 |
| Nasal cannula, and tubing. |
|
| Adult-size: |
26 |
| Child-size: |
22 |
| Pocket masks, for CPR. |
|
| Adult-size: |
26 |
| Child-size: |
22 |
| Bag-valve-masks (AMBU Bags). |
|
| Adult-size bag: |
16 |
| Adult-size mask: |
26 |
| Child-size bag: |
12 |
| Child-size mask: |
22 |
| Infant-size bag: |
12 |
| Infant-size mask: |
22 |
| Lower limb splints: |
46 |
| Upper limb splints: |
46 |
| Triangular bandage: |
248 |
| Medic shears (very strong scissors): |
22 |
| Blood pressure cuff. |
|
| Adult-size cuff: |
26 |
| Child-size cuff: |
21 |
| Stethoscope: |
26 |
| Thermometer: |
26 |
| Rubber suction bulb / bulb syringe: |
26 |
| Portable suction device, with hard and soft tips: |
18 |
| Set of oropharyngeal airways (OPA’s), containing sizes for adults, children, and infants: |
22 |
| Strong plastic container for used needles: |
10 |
| Intubation equipment, including: |
|
| Laryngoscope: |
24 |
| Set of laryngoscope blades sized for infants, children, adults: |
24 |
| Extra batteries and bulbs for laryngoscope: |
|
| Set of endotracheal tubes sized for infants, children, adults: |
64 |
| Stylets: |
64 |
| Lubricant: |
|
| 10cc syringes: |
64 |
| King Airway or CombiTube (must be bought/donated from the West): |
64 |
| Equipment for chest decompression (thoracotomy): |
|
| IV therapy kit (includes needle, tubing): |
82 |
| Nebulizer for administering drugs: |
21 |
| Set of nasopharyngeal airways (NPA’s), containing sizes for adults, children, and infants, and lubricant: |
10 |
| Equipment for needle cricothyrotomy: |
|
| Disposable Small Medical Equipment |
|
| Box of medical gloves (different sizes): |
20 |
| Roll of white adhesive tape: |
80 |
| Box of large safety pins |
80 |
| Universal trauma dressings (large, thick dressings, usually 10 x 36 inches, folded into 9 x 10 inch packages) |
140 |
| Self-adhering roller bandage (Kling), 2-inch-wide roll |
140 |
| Self-adhering roller bandage (Kling), 4-inch-wide roll |
140 |
| Gauze squares, 4 inch x 4 inch |
1,120 |
| Large dressings (ABD) dressings, about 6 x 9 inches |
240 |
| Box of Band-Aids in various sizes |
30 |
| Other gauze pads of various sizes: |
|
| Other dressings and bandages of various sizes: |
|
| Occlusive dressings: |
90 |
| Tongue depressors (wooden, to immobilize fingers): |
160 |
| Bags of fluids for IV therapy (various fluids): |
210 |
| Bottle of activated charcoal (for swallowed poison): |
21 |
| Oral glucose |
21 |
| Needles and syringes for drug injections: |
|
| Various drugs for emergency medicine: |
10 |
| Container of sterile water (for washing and irrigating lacerations, etc.) |
|
| 1 Emergency childbirth kit, including: |
|
| Pair of medical gloves: |
40 |
| Disposable gowns: |
22 |
| Umbilical clamps: |
44 |
| Sterile surgical scissors: |
11 |
| Large gauze pads: |
220 |
| Towels: |
44 |
| Rubber suction bulb / bulb syringe: |
11 |
| Small blanket for the baby: |
11 |
| Large plastic bags: |
22 |
| Non-Medical Equipment Needed | |
| Item |
Quantity |
| Pillow: |
20 |
| Sheet: |
80 |
| Pillowcase: |
80 |
| Blanket: |
86 |
| Towel: |
80 |
| Disposable bags for vomit or trash: |
200 |
| Box or roll of paper towels: |
30 |
| Bag for jump kit: |
10 |
| Strong battery-powered flashlight (torch): |
20 |
| Headlamp: |
20 |
| Extra batteries and bulbs for flashlights (torches) and headlamps: |
|
| Reflective warning marker to put in the road near the ambulance to warn traffic: |
40 |
| Object for chocking wheels of vehicles at vehicle accidents: |
40 |
| Shovel: |
10 |
| 1-litre bottle of drinking water: |
40 |
| Strong rope (to stabilize crashed cars, etc); price per meter: |
550 |
| GPS receiver/transmitter, that communicates with Dispatch: |
10 |
| Uniforms with patches for all new EMTs: |
160 |
| Set of Ambulance Center stickers for each ambulance: |
10 |
| Manual of photocopied pages (for EMTs to keep) |
240 |
| Communications Equipment |
|
| Item |
Quantity |
| Radio repeater with antenna |
1 |
| Battery back-up for repeater |
1 |
| Installation of repeater antenna |
1 |
| Dispatcher radio console |
1 |
| Base station radio with antenna |
1 |
| Battery back-up for base station |
1 |
| Radio tower |
1 |
| Grounding system |
1 |
| Vehicle-mounted radio with antenna and accessories |
10 |
| Handheld radio with battery and charger |
15 |
| Extra battery for handheld radio |
15 |
| Leather carrying case for handheld radio |
15 |
| Office Equipment |
|
| Item |
Quantity |
| Office Set-up |
|
| Executive table: |
2 |
| Chair: |
2 |
| Front chairs: |
9 |
| Office table: |
6 |
| Chair: |
6 |
| Guest chairs: |
10 |
| Meeting table: |
1 |
| Meeting chair: |
15 |
| Shelf: |
5 |
| Rack: |
6 |
| Flooring: |
|
| Furnishing: |
|
| Computer and Accessoies |
|
| Desktop computer: |
5 |
| Laptop computer: |
2 |
| Software for ambulance coordination and mapping: |
1 |
| Server: |
1 |
| Color printer: |
1 |
| Laser printer: |
2 |
| LCD projector: |
2 |
| Power Supply and Back-up |
|
| Uninterrupted power supply (UPS): |
5 |
| Voltage stabizier: |
1 |
| Battery and inverter for back-up power: |
1 |
| Office Equipment |
|
| Photocopier: |
1 |
| Fax: |
1 |
| Scanner: |
1 |
| EPABX phone system (with Master Key phone): |
1 |
| Telephone: |
8 |
| Digital camera: |
1 |
| Stationery: |
|
| Large map of Kathmandu Valley: |
1 |
| Networking and Cabling |
|
| Networking and cabling for telephones and internet: |
1 |
| GPS System |
|
| GPS system that receives information from GPS units on abulances, including software: |
1 |