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Table 3 The equipment and medications available in the emergency room

From: Emergency medicine in Zanzibar: the effect of system changes in the emergency department

• 4 beds

• 4 high-flow oxygen systems with disposable masks with reservoir

• Bag-valve-mask equipment (adult and paediatric)

• 1 manual suction device

• 2 pulse oximeters

• 4 stethoscopes

• 2 automatic blood pressure devices

• Disposables (syringes, needles, bandage, tape)

• Basic antibiotics

• Ketamine

• Benzodiazepine

• IV fluid bags (saline and glucose)

• Disposable nebulizers with beta stimulants

• 2 blood glucose devices

• Suturing equipment

• Pen and paper

• Registration forms

• Table and chairs

• Sterile gloves