CLAM Medications Tray
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The CLAM medications tray was designed for dental offices but it’s a great addition to your shipboard medical kit.
John Alibrandi of First Responder Educational services has a third great product on the market and it’s called the CLAM medications tray. This kit includes 7 must-have emergency meds that are in pre-measured devices and are easy to administer. Even if you’re not a physician, you can deliver key meds without loading syringes or guess at correct amounts.
The tray was originally developed for dental offices since these are medications that could be administered to dental patients who may experience a problem during a procedure. But the packaging of these drugs would work aboard a boat to cut response time and make sure you have the drugs for some of the most common emergencies.
The CLAM contains:
Epinephrine auto-injectors (often referred to by the brand name EpiPen) in adult (.30mg) and child ().15) versions for allergic reactions like bee stings or nut ingestion.
Two Diphenhydramine (basically Benadryl) in two Carpujets which are an easy to use, pre-filled syringe system.
One Albuterol inhaler for breathing emergencies from asthma to pneumonia.
Nitroglycerin 0.4 mg sublingual tabs for cardiac emergencies.
One tube of Inst-Glucose for diabetes related problems.
Three packs of aspirin which can be used for minor pain or to thin the blood in case of hearr issues.
Five ammonia inhalants to treat lightheadedness, dizziness or loss of consciousness.
Everything in the kit is labeled and a booklet is included to explain the use of each drug. The CLAM is shaped to fit inside the First Responder Heartsine Samaritan defibrillator (covered in an earlier blog post on Talk of the Dock) so it makes one tidy package. Since many of these are prescription medications, you will need to be a physician or nurse to order them or carry a USCG license and be in charge of a vessel. Retail pricing is $429 - $489. For more information on medications or ordering, visit First Responder Educational Services.
