Apls Course Equipment List

APLS COURSE EQUIPMENT LIST

This equipment list is in order of the stations as they appear on the course programme – some of the manikins are for use on more than one station, so you should refer to the list below together with the programme to ascertain the total number required for the course

EQUIPMENT / No
Audiovisual
PowerPoint Slide Projector & Computer with DVD player with sound / 1 / If no DVD player available video player will be needed for interactive session (make sure you have the video from ALSG to hand)
Screens / 6 / Can manage with 4 if acetates moved from room to room during workshop rotations.
Overhead Projectors / 6 / Can manage with 4 if acetates moved from room to room during workshop rotations.
BLS
Junior Manikins / 2
Baby Manikins / 2
Tissues and Wipes (boxes of each) / 2
Cardiac Arrest & Rhythm Recognition
Junior Manikins / 2
Monitor-defibrillator with Paediatric Paddles and patient leads / 2
Heartsim & Interface / 2
Electrodes / 8
Defib Pads / 4
Jelly (tubes) / 2
Airway Management / Divided into 2 stations
ALS Baby Manikins or Paediatric Intubation Heads / 4
Adult Intubation Heads / 2
Nasopharyngeal Airway 6 / 2
Oropharyngeal Airways
sizes 00, 1, 2, 3. / 4
Laryngeal Mask Airway 1, 1.5, 2 and 2.5 / 2
Laryngoscopes:
adult curved blades / 4
Laryngoscopes:
straight paediatric blades / 4
Paediatric Magill Forceps / 4
Yankauer Suckers / 4
Soft Suction Catheters / 4
Oxygen Masks with reservoir / 4
Pocket Masks / 4
O2 Tubing lengths / 4
Self inflating Bags &
reservoir:
500ml
1,600ml / 4
4
Face Masks
circular 01,1,2.
anatomical 2,3,4 / 4
CO2 Monitors / 2
Y Connectors / 4
3 Way Taps / 4
Lubricant / 2
Tongue depressors / 4
Syringes to inflate cuff / 4
Stethoscopes / 4
Tape / 4
Simulations
Junior Manikins / 4
Baby Manikins / 4
Heartsims / 4
Defibrillators and patients leads / 4
Head Blocks & Straps / 4
Airway equipment / 4 sets / As per airway equipment on airway station above
Intravenous Cannulae
(all except 22g) 14-25g / 4
Intraosseous Infusion
Needles 14 and 18g; EZ-IO drills if available / 4
Graduated Burettes / 4
Intravenous Giving Sets / 4
Syringes
2ml
5ml
10ml
50m1 / 4
4
4
4
Defib Pads / 4
Detrostix or BM Stix Bottles
Chest drain set
Small BP Scalpel Handle
Curved Haemostats
Suture
Chest Drain 24g / 4 / Use surgical skill station kit here
Sharps Bins / 4
BP Cuffs / 4
Pen Torch / 4
Blankets / 4
Nasogastric Tubes / 4
Bandage and splint / 4
Temperature probe / 4
SpO2 probe / 4
Vascular Access (3 skills in station)
Intraosseous
Intraosseous Trainer & pads
(Or 1 Chicken Thigh per candidate) / 2
5ml Syringes / 3
50ml Syringes / 2
Jug / 1
Blue Food Dye / 1
0.9%Saline 500ml / 2
Intraosseous Needles / 3
Intraosseous trainer (humerus and tibia) / 1 / Crunchie bars wrapped in elastoplasts and frozen / 8 / EZ-IO driver / 1 / 10 ml syringes / 2 / 10 ml amp normal saline / 2 / EZ-Connect® extension tubing / 1 / EZ-IO needle sets / 1 of each / Giving set / 1 / Pressure bag / 1 / UVC
Umbilical Cords / 4
Baby Feeding Bottle / 4
Feeding Teats / 4
Umbilical Catheters / 4
Scalpel Handles / 4
Scalpel Blades size 11 (boxes) / 1
Forceps / 4
5ml Syringes / 4
Umbilical Tape x roll / 2
Alcohol Swabs (box) / 1
Seldinger Technique
Venous Access Trainer (adult upper limb model or similar) or Fluid Bag Model / 1 / Follow instructions on the organisation CD ROM to make the Fluid bag model
Alcohol Swabs / 20
Needles 18-25g / 2
Seldinger Cannula / 1
Chest Procedures (3 skills in 1 station)
Surgical Airway Demo/Needle Cricothyroidotomy
Needle Cricothyroidotomy Model and pads or 1 x Sheep Neck and Skin per candidate for Needle Cricothyroidotomy
Sheep Neck & Skin for Surgical Airway Demo / 4
Scalpel Handles / 2
Scalpel Blades Size 11 (boxes) / 1
Minitrach sets / 1
Tracheostomy Tubes
4,5 and 6. / 1
Medicut 18g / 1
Y connector / 1
Oxygen Tubing length / 1
3 Way Tap / 1
2ml Syringe / 1
ET Tube
4,5 & 6 / 1
Cannulae 14g / 12
Chest Drain
Sheep Thorax / 2
Scalpel Handles / 4
Scalpel Blades Size 11 (boxes) / 1
Scissors / 2
Curved Haemostats / 4
Clamps / 4
Large hard Suture Needles / 4
Strong Black Cotton 30m / 2
Spinal Needles 16g / 4
20ml Syringes / 4
Medicuts 18g / 2
Chest Drains 24g / 4
Chest Drain Bottles / 4
Spinal Protection
Junior Manikins / 2
Baby Manikins / 2
Spinal Board / 1
Head Blocks & Straps / 1
Paediatric semi-rigid Cervical Collar sets / 2
Measuring Devices / 2
General
Sharps Bins / 4
Gloves (small, medium and large - boxes) / 4
Aprons (boxes) / 4
Protective Covers / 4
Metal/Plastic Trays for animal material / 4
Black bin bags/Rubbish bags

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