CRASH CART, AN EFFICIENT WAY TO EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICES
* SOLUTION-ORIENTED TO OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES THROUGH STANDARD PRACTICES*. *CRASH CART SYSTEM* Have you heard of “crash cart/ MAX cart/ code cart/ crash trolley” before? You might know it but do not know that it is called that. KBTH as well as other big hospitals normally have the crash cart at the theatres used by anaesthestists during surgeries. *A crash cart/MAX cart/code cart/crash trolley* is a movable set of trays or drawers or shelves with wheels used in hospitals for transportation and dispensing emergency medication/equipment at site of medical/surgical emergency for life support protocols to potentially save someone's life for the first thirty (30) minutes. *BRIEF HISTORY* It was originally invented by a Registered Nurse by name, Anita Dorr who worked in Emergency department at Meyer Memorial hospital in Buffalo, New York. She got tired of having to carry all the supplies that were needed and the delayed response anytime there was an emergency case. With ...
