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(OXGYEN)
The vehicles carry multiple oxygen cylinders with various masks for all patient
sizes. Nebulizer masks are also carried to administer drugs to patients in respiratory
distress. Resuscitation bag-valve-mask devices are also available to assist with
administering breaths to patients who are not breathing. The larger oxygen cylinders
in the ambulances are used for longer patient transports or to supply oxygen to our
ICU ventilators.
AUTOPULSE
This is perhaps one of the most unique tools in the medical
industry in general. Hatzolah are the ϐirst and only medical
rescue team in Africa to use AutoPulses. They provide
consistent, continuous, automated circumferential chest
compressions during a cardiac arrest resuscitation. As
the AutoPulse continues to do chest compressions the
responders can focus on tasks such as airway management
and administering drugs as needed. The rythmic sound of
the AutoPulse on a resus is fast becoming the back drop of
well-run resuscitations.
ENTONOX
This is a mixture of Nitrous Oxide and Oxygen contained in a blue cylinder.
You may have had this at the dentist as a kid and been told it’s “happy gas”.
The gas is safe, effective and quick to use. It is used as an analgesic in painful
situations such as musculoskeletal injuries, burns, heart attacks and active
labour.
AMBO
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AMBO
CARDIAC MONITOR & DEFIBRILLATOR
Our cardiac monitor is an invaluable asset to our medical rescue
team. It is unique in that it is a piece of equipment that has the
capacity to be simple and complex at the same time depending on
who is using it. We are able to use the device to assess and monitor
ECGs, oxygen saturations, exhaled carbon dioxide and blood
pressures on all patients from new borns to geriatrics. The device
can preform deϐibrillation, cardioversion and provide a pacemaker
function for patients when their heart is pumping too slowly. The
back pouch of the monitor has a twelve lead ECG cable which, once
connected to the monitor, gives a much more detailed report of
what is going on in the patient’s heart. Hatzolah have developed a
system with local hospitals whereby we can email the ECG to the
cardiologist so that we can save time. This can be life saving for the
patient as it allows us to bypass casualty and head straight to ICU
or cath lab where the forewarned cardiologists and their team can
be ready and waiting to accept our patients.
RESPONSE EQUIPMENT
