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Appendix: Appropriate Equipment for a General Pediatrics Office

Sharon M. Unti, MD
Topics Discussed: airway management; fundamentals of pediatrics; pediatrics.

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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)

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