Equipment: |
Gloves, gown, mask, drapes |
Emesis basin |
Tongue depressors |
Cotton pledgets, cotton swabs, and sterile gauze |
Nasal speculum |
Bayonet forceps |
Frazier (or comparable) suction catheter |
Syringes (10 and 20 mL) |
Angiocatheter (22 gauge) |
Isotonic saline; sterile water |
Silver nitrate sticks |
Electrical cautery device |
Nasal tampons (eg, Merocel®) |
Nasal balloon catheters (eg, RapidRhino®) |
Foley catheter (12 French) and small c-clamp (eg, from nasogastric tube kit) |
Ribbon gauze |
Medications: |
Oxymetazoline |
Topical lidocaine (2 percent) or topical cocaine (4 percent) |
Topical antibiotic ointment |
Injectable lidocaine (1 or 2 percent) with epinephrine |