Resuscitation Tower Layout

Towers in each resuscitation room have a new layout, as listed from top to bottom. See below photo guide for more details.

Top Row: things to grab prior to patient arrival

  • PPE
  • Drapes (including full body drapes for chest tubes on top left)
  • Pelvic binder

Second Row: vascular access

  • Femoral and radial arterial lines
  • IO needle and driver
  • Central line dressing

Drawers:

  • 1st - miscellaneous (14G needle thoracostomy, extra scalpels, US probe covers, tongue depressors, hemoccult, lube)
  • 2nd - chest tube supplies (kits, 3M Medipore tape, extra 0 silk sutures)
    • Extra chest tubes are on the side of the tower
    • Note that lidocaine is now stocked in the Omnicells in each resuscitation room
  • 3rd - cardiac supplies (cardiac stapler, cardiac 3-0 prolene sutures)
  • 4th - wound care supplies (suture repair kit, sutures for hemorrhage control, gauze, QuikClot, Kerlix)

Bottom Row: Pleur-evacs, triple lumen CVCs, extra Cordis (in addition to on the mayo stand)

Approved by Lauren Chalwell, MD | Last updated December 2023

Photo Guide

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