Emergency & Resuscitation: buying guides & advice

How to Choose Emergency & Resuscitation Equipment

Emergency & resuscitation equipment encompasses crash carts, manual monitor/defibrillators, AEDs, bag-valve masks, mechanical CPR devices, and airway/suction tools used in code blue and rapid-response scenarios. Any facility that treats patients who have the potential to have a sudden deterioration in their condition should have a crash cart available, including hospitals, outpatient surgery centers, urgent care centers, and centers where conscious sedation is performed. Buyers typically include hospital procurement, biomed/clinical engineering, ASC administrators, and EMS fleet managers planning capital refresh on a 7–10 year cycle.