The following items are urgently needed in Papua New Guinea & the Solomon Islands.
Emergency Department:
bandages (e.g. crepe, PEG)
crutches
plaster of paris rolls (for external fixation of fractures)
ECG dots
sphygmomanometers
tape (e.g. micropore, transpore, leukoplast or elastoplast)
thermometers
underlay (e.g. Velband) for plaster of paris casts
urinalysis test strips (measuring glucose, ketones, leukocytes, erythrocytes)
dressings (e.g. cutifilm, opsite, tanspore, melolite)
Operating Theatres
antiseptics (e.g. betadine, cholhexidine, alcohol)
diathermy equipment (pencils, pads, tips)
port trochars (for laparoscopic surgery)
Staplers (e.g. bowel staplers)
Sutures and ties (e.g. vicryl, monocryl, nylone, prolene)
