N.J. Admin. Code § 8:41-11.8

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 8:41-11.8 - Additional basic equipment and supplies: AMUs

(a) In addition to the equipment and supplies required at 8:41-3.4, when "in-service," each AMU shall be equipped with the following:

1. Pediatric airway management materials including:

i. Airways, endotracheal tubes and stylets;

ii. Pediatric and infant sized laryngoscope blades;

iii. Pediatric and infant sized oxygen masks; and

iv. 1,000 mL and 450 mL sized bag-valve-mask devices;

2. Pediatric-sized electrodes for the monitor/defibrillator;

3. Pediatric-sized paddles or defibrillation pads for the monitor/defibrillator;

4. Pediatric and infant-sized IV catheters and/or winged infusion sets;

5. Pediatric Intraosseous infusion sets;

6. Pediatric and infant sized blood pressure cuffs;

7. Pediatric sized rigid cervical collars;

8. A pediatric height/weight medication and equipment guide (that is, Broslow Tape);

9. Percutaneous needle cricothyrotomy equipment to permit transtracheal catheter ventilation;

10. An automatic blood pressure manometer and one each adult, obese adult and pediatric size cuffs;

11. A stethoscope that does not cause electromagnetic interference to aircraft equipment; and

12. A current copy of the U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S.D.O.T.) Emergency Response Guidebook (obtainable from The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 400 7th Street S.W., Washington, D.C., 20590 or by calling (888) 327-4236 or accessing their website at http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/ems);

(b) There shall be an adequate supply of any medications and therapeutic agents that are being infused at the time of departure from the sending facility, such that the crew could complete a transport that might take two times the normal expected transport time.

(c) Registered nurses may use medications and solutions not listed at 8:41-6.1 during the transport of a patient. The registered nurse shall monitor these agents and shall be knowledgeable of the side effects, contraindications, dosage and therapeutic ranges.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:41-11.8