Where do you keep your BVM/Combi-Tube?

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I understand you keep the extras in a cabinet, but do you have a Combi-Tube and BVM in your jump bag?


Had an arrest yesterday with the new company, grabbed the jump bag and my partner looked at me like what the heck are you grabbing that for. Of course he goes its in the cabinet behind the driver seat (in the van style) with a "your an idiot tone" and gets a BVM and Combi-Tube out



After the call I ask him why don't we keep one in the jump bag? He goes "because we don't, and I don't know why"

So when we went to resupply I attempted to grab an extra one of each to put in the bag and he tells me not to...

So this has me thinking where do you keep your stuff?

I explained to him about the "what if you get on with your jump bag for something such as diabetic reaction then you realize later in the call you need it all of a sudden and you have to run all the way back to the truck looking like a total idiot to get it". He said good point but that was about it.

No, I didn't get to drop the tube either. Thats for another day...

Yes, we got him back. Yes, with a very good strong pulse. Yes, we were just that awesome.
 
ALS but yes we keep a BVM, full set of ET tubes and a combitube in our jump bag. It doesn't make much sense not to, the point of that bag is to have life saving equipment so on the rare occasion that you need it you're not running back and forth to the rig a bunch of times to get everything. It's secondary purpose is to carry the things that we need most often for a basic assessment and initial therapy.
 
Old company: No jump bags

waterpark: Ironduck 1 strap backpack with BVMs kept in pouches attached to the bag via velcro.

Current company: duffle bag style jump bag with BVMs kept in the pocket attached to the top flap.
 
Ils :

We had both intubation kit & combi tube in airway jump-bag
 
MICU-

Everything in the truck is duplicated in the bag(s). On our stretcher stays the monitor, and the "red bag" which is our primary bag. In that contains a bvm of all 3 sizes, an impedeance threshold device(resQpod), and a complete intubation kit with 1 of each size et tube from 3.0-4.5, and 2 of each size from 5.0-9.0 as well as a complete set of endotrol tubes.

We also have the "orange bag" which is a critical care bag. It doesnt travel into every call, but does for any critical call i.e. an arrest, stemi, etc. In it is the vent, cpap circuits, IO, another complete intubation kit, as well as 2 combitubes, 2 different cric kits, and a needle cric setup among other things.

As I said everything is duplicated in the truck.

As to why you wouldnt carry intubation in your jump bag is beyond me.
 
On my belt... where any self disrespecting whacker would keep it.
 
We keep a BVM in every jump kit, and on the norm the combitubes are kept in the cabinet. My partner and I are of the mindset that if we do actually need the combitube, we'll probably be using it while not in the truck, so we throw it into the jump kit when we first get in the truck. A few other people have followed us in doing this, but for the most part the combitubes and kit stay separate.
 
All airway supplies are kept in our jump kits,

My partner got sick and tired of walking down four flights of stairs to get the airway bag so he did some re-configuring. What a crybaby :)
 
We keep a BVM and a couple combitubes in our airway bags as well as spares in the rig. Also in that bag is dressings, bp cuff and steth, among other things I cant think of at this hour.
 
I can't imagine anyone going into a call w/o a means of ventilating a patient.
 
BVMs and an assortment of NPAs and OPAs in the jump bag. No tengo Combi-Tubes.
 
NJNewbie196 said:
On my belt... where any self disrespecting whacker would keep it.
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OMG. I'm so turning up to a job with a BVM in a holster strapped to my leg, with airways, drugs and IVs in pouches on my belt....and a pair of aviator sunglasses perched on my nose and a toothpick sticking out of my mouth.
 
Melclin said:
OMG. I'm so turning up to a job with a BVM in a holster strapped to my leg, with airways, drugs and IVs in pouches on my belt....and a pair of aviator sunglasses perched on my nose and a toothpick sticking out of my mouth.
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OMG!!!! ROFLMAO, that's hilarious!!!!!!! I could totally see that...
 
In a world where injuries rule, only one man can save society. His origins unknow, but with life saving tools abound, he is EMS MAN.
 
JPINFV said:
In a world where injuries rule, only one man can save society. His origins unknow, but with life saving tools abound, he is EMS MAN.
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Hahaha, I'm making that movie.

It'll do well at the box office and be followed by a prequel explaining his origins, which will get critically panned for its poor character development.....Im ...an odd person.
 
I thought being odd was a prerequisite for working on an ambulance!
 
Simple airway adjuncts --- jump bag

Advanced airway --- Airway bag
 
JPINFV said:
I thought being odd was a prerequisite for working on an ambulance!
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So did I. Maybe some of us are more odd than others?
 
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