2.2 Equipment management
To ensure that rescue equipment was efficiently accessible to the entire ward, each ICU ward was equipped with two emergency vehicles, with one placed in the front ward and the other in the back ward. Two defibrillators were stored in the nurse working station. Each bed was equipped with an independent ECG monitor, a cart and a set of disinfection supplies. To minimize cross-infection, we stopped the original central suction equipment, and each bed was equipped with an electric negative pressure suction device. Each ward was equipped with 20 high-flow airway humidification devices, 30 noninvasive ventilators and 30 invasive ventilators with air compressors. In addition, it was also equipped with two fiberoptic bronchoscopes, two electrocardiographs, two vibration expectorators, two blood gas analyzers and one portable bedside ultrasounds. Nonconventional ICU equipment such as blood purification machines, ECMO machines and packages were placed in storage areas in the semi-contaminated areas. In emergency situations, this equipment was easily accessible and not contaminated. We placed more than 40 medium rectangular storage boxes at the nurses’ workstation to store common disposable consumables by their functionality, such as ”airway consumables”, and ”venous therapy use”. Eye-catching labels were used for the convenience of medical personnel wearing goggles and face shields.