Are you tired of fighting a mess of IV lines and cables at the patient’s bedside?

IV lines can be both a frustrating and dangerous issue when they become tangled and mixed together. Not only do you waste time tracing where the line is going you run the risk of a misconnection, working with the wrong line, pinching the line, and worse of all a patient safety concern. Lines are dragging the floor or other surfaces and the risk of contamination that leads to infections greatly increases. 

Whether you're a public health facility, an anti-drug abuse unit, a paramedic division, an ordinary clinic or hospital, or a drug overdose team within a medical service, it's certainly a MUST to have an Opioid Overdose Kit ready at all times. After all, these days, there are plenty of reported emergencies that deal with this matter.

Furthermore, opioid drugs are dangerous if not taken in a controlled environment and with proper prescription from a qualified doctor. An overdose of these drugs can be fatal.

Everyone has heard the question: Where are the ____________?  After minutes of searching you either give up or borrow from another area.  This obviously is not best practice and leads to frustration, inefficiency, errors and costs money. 

Medication errors tend to be associated with hospitals but they can happen anywhere and especially in a fast paced prehospital environment.  Many remember learning about medication safety in school but what about the 5R’s: Right patient, Right drug, Right dose, Right route and Right time? Many EMS agencies have added the sixth right being Right documentation. In the hospital setting medication errors occur during the prescribing, dispensing and administration of medications. Physicians, pharmacists and nurses are involved. In the prehospital setting, EMTs and paramedics perform the duties of these individuals.