NAC449.61234. Intensive care facility: Equipment and supplies.

     1. The following equipment must be immediately available to the intensive care facility:

     (a) A laryngoscope.

     (b) Endotracheal tubes.

     (c) Respirators.

     (d) Hypothermia equipment.

     (e) Tracheostomy sets.

     (f) Thoracotomy sets.

     (g) A board for massaging a closed chest.

     (h) An external pacemaker.

     (i) An external defibrillator.

     (j) Respiratory support equipment.

     (k) Intravenous drip counters.

     (l) An intravenous diffusion pump.

     (m) Equipment which can remotely monitor, record and play back electrocardiographs and count extra systole pulses.

     (n) An open-heart set with sternal spreader, staple remover, internal defibrillatory paddles, wire cutters and sufficient sutures and clamps.

     (o) An intra-aortic balloon pump.

     (p) An ambu bag.

     2. There must be a supply of appropriate medicines stored within the intensive care facility.

     3. Tele-transmitters and electronic rate counters must be used for patients with heart pacemakers while they are in the intensive care facility.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 8-31-89)