A new bedside emergency resuscitation cart.

Existing bedside emergency resuscitation carts all have certain shortcomings, which interfere with the rapid, efficient care of the hospitalized patient in a catastrophic episode. A systems study was made of the performance criteria of such a cart under conditions which require its use. The primary result of the study was a new design for a bedside emergency resuscitation cart and a suggested list of emergency medications and equipment, every item of which is visible and available without opening drawers to search for it. It is suggested that such a cart, fully equipped, be kept on every nursing station and in every special care department of a hospital.