Pediatric Anesthesia Digital Handbook
Department of Anesthesiology
Division of Pediatric Anesthesia
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts
United States of America

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OR SETUP - STEP 1  

The Pediatric Anesthesia Cart 

For preteen and under, please have the anesthesia technician bring the Pediatric Anesthesia Cart to your operating room. 
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Top and Side of Cart

Non-Latex Gloves
Pediatric Suction Yanks and Tubing
Saline Flushes
Gauze 4x4 inch
Pink, White Silk and White Cloth Tape
​COBAN / CoFlex Self Adherent Wraps (assortment of colors)
Non-Latex Tourniquets
Disposable Kidney Trays
Cal Stat Hand Sanitizer
Drug Labels
Sharps Disposer Container
Pediatric Underbody Forced Air Heating Blankets (Pediatric / Large Pediatric Underbody)

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Drawer 1
(locked and password protected)

Please keep all medications (particularly opioids) locked in this drawer before leaving the Operating Room unattended

The plastic drug tray goes in to this drawer when doing cases on the Floating 5 OR or offsite locations

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Drawer 2

18 G Sharp Needles
22G Sharp Needles
Blunt Cannulas
Red Dead Heads
Blue Dead Heads
Alligator Clips
Tegaderm
Alcohol Swabs
1cc Luer Lock Syringes
1cc Regular Syringes
3, 5, 10, and 20 cc BD Syringes

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Drawer 3

Guedel Oral Airways Sizes 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 cms
Small and Medium Bite Blocks
Food Flavors
2 Pediatric Laryngoscope Handles
Assortment of Blades - Mil 0, Mil 00, Mil 1, Wis 1, Mac 2, Mac 3, Mil 2
Repogle NG Tubes sizes 8 & 10F
Tongue Depressor
SurgiLube
Nasal Airways
Spare AA Batteries
Goose Neck Connector
Straight Connector
​Esophageal / Rectal Temperature Probes


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Drawer 4

Microcuff Endotracheal Tubes sizes 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5, and 5.5
Adult and Pedi Intubating Stylets
Assortment of Pediatric Anesthesia Masks: Neonate (blue), Infant (green), Toddler (Purple), Older Child (yellow)

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Drawer 5

IV Catheters sizes 24, 22, 20, 18 and 16
Arrow Arterial Line Catheters
Arterial Line Guidewires
Arm Boards (Pedi and Neonate sizes)
Vacutainer Blood Collection Tubes
Butterfly Needles
Mastisol Medical Adhesive Sticks
Chlorhexidine Impregnated Tegaderm
​Standard Tegaderm (small and large)
IV Advance Tegaderm (our standard pedi tegaderm)


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Drawer 6

ET Tube Suction Catheters 6,8 &10F
Macro and Micro IV sets
Blood Gas Syringes
Vented Spikes
60cc Syringes
T Connectors (pedi and adult)
3-way Stop Cocks
Micro Infusion Tubing
LMA sizes 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5 and 3
Pediatric Transfusion Set
​Adult Transfusion Set
Pediatric Burette
40 Micron Blood Transfusion Filter

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Drawer 7

0.5L and 2L Reservoir Bags
​Mapleson D / Jackson Rees Respirator
​Small Adult Anesthesia Masks
Pediatric and Adult Face Masks
250cc, and 500cc bags of LR / NS


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Copyright © 2014. Aman Kalra, MD. Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine (Author, Illustrator and Web Designer)
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LAST UPDATED February 26th, 2022