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Table 2 Ambulance bus: medical equipment and personnel

From: Simultaneous interfacility transfer of multiple non-critically ill COVID-19 patients using a single vehicle: the ambulance bus experience

Technical supplies, per patient unit (n = 6)

 Patient monitor and defibrillator (corpuls3, GS – Elektromedizinische Geräte, Kaufering, Germany)

 Advanced Life Support backpacka

 Oxygen backpack (oxygen cylinder, mayotubes, oxygen mask, bag-valve mask)

 Oxygen supply (1 x 2 L and 1 x 5 L)

Spare supplies

 6 spare oxygen cylinders (6 x 2 L; 6 x 5 L)

 2 suction units

 2 respiratory monitors

 2 perfusion units

Personnel

 2 bus drivers

 2 nurses (at least one ALS certified)

Personal protective materials

 FFP2 face mask

 Goggles or face shield

 Disposable gown

 Gloves

  1. aContains comprehensive EMS provision, including endotracheal intubation kit, supraglottic airway devices, cricothyroidotomy kit, infusion systems and fluids, intraosseous infusion materials, prehospital emergency medication set, and a myriad of needles, syringes, and bandages