Ambulance Equipment Levels


Basic Life Support Ambulance RLEMS Advanced Life Support Ambulance
Airway Equipment
  • Oxygen
  • Nasal Cannulas and Oxygen masks
  • Bag Valve Mask
  • Oxygen
  • Nasal Cannulas and Oxygen masks
  • Bag Valve Mask
  • Pulse Oximeter
  • Laryngoscopes for Intubation (Tube down throat)
  • Cricothyrotomy (Surgical hole in trachea/windpipe)
  • CPAP masks (for CHF patients, forces fluid out of lungs)
  • Chest Decompression Kits (placing hole in chest to relieve collapsed lung)
  • Numerous Medications (Albuterol, Alupent, Atrovent, Hurricane Spray, Terbutaline, Versed)
Trauma Equipment
  • Splints and Bandages
  • Cervical collars and backboards
  • Burn Sheets
  • Splints and Bandages
  • Cervical collars and backboards
  • Burn Sheets
  • MAST pants
  • Intravenous (IV) fluids to treat shock (Lactated Ringers and Sodium Chloride 0.9%)
  • Medication - Dexamethasone (head injuries)
Cardiac Care Equipment AED (defibrillation only)
  • 12 Lead EKG Monitor (identify heart attacks and transmit to hospital)
  • Synchronized Cardioversion (slow rapid heart rates)
  • Pacemaker (speeds up heart rates)
  • Manual Defibrillator (restart heart)
  • Numerous Medications (Adenosine, Amiodarone, Aspirin, Atropine, Calcium Chloride, Dopamine, Epinephrine, Lasix, Lidocaine, Magnesium Sulfate, Morphine, Nitro-paste, Nitroglycerine, Sodium Bicarbonate, Verapamil, Zofran)
Diabetic Treatment Oral Glucose (conscious patients only)
  • Glucometer
  • Oral Glucose (conscious patients)
  • Intravenous (IV) fluids
  • Medications - Dextrose 50% (for unconscious patients) and Glucagon
Seizure Treatment Supportive care only
  • Intravenous (IV) fluids
  • Medications - Ativan and Valium (To stop seizures)
Allergic Reactions EpiPen (Intramuscular injection)
  • Intravenous (IV) fluids
  • Epinephrine (subcutaneous or IV for severe reactions)
  • Benadryl (Given in IV to slow reaction)
Specialty Equipment OB Kits
  • OB Kits
  • Intraosseous drills-ability to drill into Bone marrow to administer medication
  • Children's Tylenol
  • Narcan (for narcotic overdoses)
  • Pain medications (Morphine, Dilaudid, Valium, Versed)