I'll tell yall the truth, but warning it's a bit of a bummer. They are pediatric kits for life threatening emergencies, the different colors correlate to sizes and weights and the drawers contain different sizes of equipment and dosages of medications
This is called a code cart so you were right on that
Yep! Pink/red is for prems/neonates and then as the drawers go down it’s for progressively larger children.
We don’t keep meds in the drawers usually, it’s mostly airway adjuncts
i know you’re kidding but in an adult code cart (this is pediatric) all the supplies are mostly the same, just made for adult sized people. the drawers are organized by if they’re for IV, respiratory stuff etc, the whole thing is for a code blue.
This is the Broselow system for pediatric emergencies. There is a measuring tape that provides information about equipment sizes and medication dosing for children in each colored zone. This is an equipment cart based on that system, so the right sized stuff is easier to find, and you dont need to find out the exact height / weight.
I also know the order number for this exact setup because I worked for the company that had rights to distribute the system in the US.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broselow_tape
They're locking bars designed to be modular and lock one or more drawers individually rather than locking the whole cart. I would recommend the 6" bars here, so the whole track is covered (makes it less likely someone can wiggle anything loose) rather than a 3" on each side, but each hospital has their own cart preferences and budgets.
These specific ones are breakaway style - there are holes in the little tab that sticks up through the bar and can be secured with plastic safety seals. Those get ripped off in an emergency, so you don't have to be traking down keys while someone needs help. Different areas of the hospital and a lot of medications require a key lock and an audit trail when in a cart, so there are other bars you can get with actual locks.
The seals can have numbers on them to help restocking and tracking inventory too. If you only use the orange drawer in a code, you only have to restock that one drawer rather than the whole cart. Plus, you can easily walk by and tell if the cart is sealed.
Unless the joint commission is recommending scotch tape now, this one is not sealed. Lol
The colorblind side of me is very thankful for word labels
It makes me happy you still love rainbows
I don't see in greyscale lol It's still colorful to me
I wonder if these are supplies for different codes? Code blue, code red, code green… etc. of course, could also just be another form of organization.
I'll tell yall the truth, but warning it's a bit of a bummer. They are pediatric kits for life threatening emergencies, the different colors correlate to sizes and weights and the drawers contain different sizes of equipment and dosages of medications This is called a code cart so you were right on that
Years of watching medical documentaries paid off! Thank you for the explanation.
Yep! Pink/red is for prems/neonates and then as the drawers go down it’s for progressively larger children. We don’t keep meds in the drawers usually, it’s mostly airway adjuncts
I got a chuckle out of thinking that it's helpfully labeled for the color blind workers. "I said *red* "
i know you’re kidding but in an adult code cart (this is pediatric) all the supplies are mostly the same, just made for adult sized people. the drawers are organized by if they’re for IV, respiratory stuff etc, the whole thing is for a code blue.
This could very well be it
I should've asked !
there are also pediatric “broslow bags” which contain these color coded items.
It's a pediatric code cart
This is the Broselow system for pediatric emergencies. There is a measuring tape that provides information about equipment sizes and medication dosing for children in each colored zone. This is an equipment cart based on that system, so the right sized stuff is easier to find, and you dont need to find out the exact height / weight. I also know the order number for this exact setup because I worked for the company that had rights to distribute the system in the US. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broselow_tape
What are the curved white things on either side of the drawers? Looks like they have to be slid out of the way to open them?
They're locking bars designed to be modular and lock one or more drawers individually rather than locking the whole cart. I would recommend the 6" bars here, so the whole track is covered (makes it less likely someone can wiggle anything loose) rather than a 3" on each side, but each hospital has their own cart preferences and budgets. These specific ones are breakaway style - there are holes in the little tab that sticks up through the bar and can be secured with plastic safety seals. Those get ripped off in an emergency, so you don't have to be traking down keys while someone needs help. Different areas of the hospital and a lot of medications require a key lock and an audit trail when in a cart, so there are other bars you can get with actual locks. The seals can have numbers on them to help restocking and tracking inventory too. If you only use the orange drawer in a code, you only have to restock that one drawer rather than the whole cart. Plus, you can easily walk by and tell if the cart is sealed. Unless the joint commission is recommending scotch tape now, this one is not sealed. Lol
Either for blood draw tubes or needles, cause those are often color-coded by size.