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London County Council 1958

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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ANNEX B
Equipment carried by each Accident Ambulance
Beds, Rubber (2) Hot-water bottle, cover (1)
Blankets, red (6) Lamp, electric, hand (1)
Blanket, cot (1) in canvas envelope Lamp, electric, red (1)
Bowls, kidney, small (2) Mats, rubber (4)
Bowl, kidney, large (1) Oxygen apparatus (1)
Bowls, round (2) Pillows, rubber (2)
Coats, crew's protective (2) Rope, 40 ft. length (1)
Carrying chair (1) Rubber Sheet, 8 ft. (1)
Carrying sheet (1) Satchel, first-aid (1)
Dressings case (1) Splints, set of 16 (1)
Drinking water bottle (1) Splint, back leg, 18 in. (1)
Drugs case (1) Stretcher canvases (6)
Feeding cup (1) Stretcher poles, wooden, pair (1)
Fracture board (1) Stretcher poles, duralumin, pair (1)
Gloves, rubber, elect., pair (1) Stretchers, rigid (2)
Guide lines (2 by 12 yds.) Stretcher, Neil Robertson, or Barnes attachment
Hacksaw (1) or manifold harness (1)
Hacksaw blades (6) Towelling square (1) for use with cot blanket
Hot-water bottle, rubber (1) Traverse irons, pairs (2)
Contents of Drugs Case
Calcis saccharatus, liq., oz. (6) Olive oil, oz. (6)
Dettol, oz. (4) Sal volatile, oz. (4)
Epsom salts, saturated solution, oz. (6) Skin pencils (2)
Iodine, ampoules (4) Soda, Bi-carb., oz. (2)
Labels, casualty (6) Tannic acid, solution, oz. (6)
Magnesium oxide, oz. (2) Teaspoon (1)
Measure, 4 oz. (1) Vaseline, tube (1)
Measure, 2 oz. (1) Vinegar, oz. (6)
Mustard, oz. (2)
and the following items TO BE USED ONLY BY MEDICAL PRACTITIONER
*Adrenaline tartrate, ampoules (6) Syphon, stomach (1)
Amyl nitrate, ampoules (12) Syringe, sterile, hypodermic (with three needles)
Chloroform, oz. (2) (1)
*Nikethamide (coramine) ampoules (6) †*Morphine (omnopon) in ampoule-syringes
Surgical needles and sutures, sterile, in tube (3) (6)
Swabs (2)
†CARRIED IN SPECIAL LOCKED CUPBOARD CONTAINING ALSO 6 CASUALTY
LABELS AND SKIN PENCIL.
* For hypodermic injection.
Contents of Dressings Case
Bandages, Asepto, No. 0 (6) Gag (1)
Bandages, Asepto, No. 1 (6) Gloves, surgical, pair (1)
Bandages, Asepto, No. 2 (6) Lint, 4 oz. packets (2)
Bandages, Asepto, No. 3 (6) Lint, boric, packet (1)
Bandages, Asepto, No. 4 (6) Mask, Schimmelbusch (1)
Bandages roller, 1 inch (6) Mouth cloths (3)
Bandages roller, 2 inch (6) Pins, safety (12)
Bandages roller, 3 inch (6) Plaster, adhesive, roll, 1 inch (1)
Bandages, triangular (12) Plaster, adhesive, roll, 2 inch (1)
Cotton wool, 4 oz. packet (1) Scissors, dressing, pair (1)
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