Equipment Checklist

Question: What equipment must be prepared and checked prior to undertaking RSI?

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Question: What equipment must be prepared and checked prior to undertaking RSI?

  • Anaesthetic machine and breathing circuit
  • Routine patient monitoring applied
  • Airway equipment
  • Tipping trolley
  • Suction switched on and immediately to hand
  • Drugs – including emergency drugs
  • A trained assistant

You should go through this checklist prior to any RSI.

Airway equipment laid out: Two working laryngoscopes, bougie, cuffed endotracheal tubes, oropharyngeal airway and other airway adjuncts