Table 2.

Ambulance bus: medical equipment and personnel

Technical supplies, per patient unit (n = 6)

Patient monitor and defibrillator (corpuls3, GS – Elektromedizinische Geräte, Kaufering, Germany)

Advanced Life Support backpacka

Oxygen backpack (oxygen cylinder, mayotubes, oxygen mask, bag-valve mask)

Oxygen supply (1 x 2 L and 1 x 5 L)

Spare supplies

6 spare oxygen cylinders (6 x 2 L; 6 x 5 L)

2 suction units

2 respiratory monitors

2 perfusion units

Personnel

2 bus drivers

2 nurses (at least one ALS certified)

Personal protective materials

FFP2 face mask

Goggles or face shield

Disposable gown

Gloves

^aContains comprehensive EMS provision, including endotracheal intubation kit, supraglottic airway devices, cricothyroidotomy kit, infusion systems and fluids, intraosseous infusion materials, prehospital emergency medication set, and a myriad of needles, syringes, and bandages