CAMI Wish List (Medical items):

MEDICAL NEEDS LIST

The following items are needed for our medical teams abroad. This is an ongoing and changing list:

1. Sterile 4 X 4 gauze. We use lots of this during surgery.
2. IV and PO antibiotics, especially cephalosporins
3. Emergency drugs for our crash carts, adult and pediatric doses
4. IV tubing, especially buretrol type
5. All kinds of suture material
6. Dressings of all kinds
7. Tape (medical) of all kinds and sizes
8. Surgical gloves all sizes including latex free
9. Surgical instruments, especially for craniofacial patients
10. Pulse oximeters
11. Oxygen tubings, canulas and regulators
12. Skin markers
13. Microsurgical instruments of all kinds
14. Blue surgical towels
15. O.R. scrub clothes all sizes
16. Sterile paper surgical gowns
17. OR drapes and sheets, both paper and cloth
18. Table top sterilizers
19. Neurological shunts for patients with hydrocephalus, especially medium pressure and for infants
20. Blankets for patients
21. 24G angiocaths 20G angiocaths 22 G angiocaths
22. Clipboards for patient files
23. Instrumentation for spinal fusions, and spine instruments
24. Tissue expanders for burn scar patients
25. Mesh for hernia patients
26. Pregnancy kits
27. Bath towels and wash cloths for patients
28. Personal care items for patients, such as lotion, toothbrush, etc.
29. Surgical handscrub brushes for OR
30. Cidex or other cleaning solution for the OR
31. Phisohex solution
32. Waterless hand cleaners
33. Bone wax