List of recommended equipment for aural and nasal foreign body removal
Access to (with appropriate protocols, equipment, monitoring and safety measures): |
Sedation |
Local anaesthesia |
Vasoconstrictors |
Visualisation equipment: |
Otoscope |
Nasal speculae |
ENT speculum |
Illuminating magnifying glass |
Headlight |
Loops |
Specific instruments: |
Wire loop |
Blunt right angle hook |
Cerumen curettes |
Alligator forceps |
Hartman's forceps |
Curved hook |
Jobson Horne probe |
Nasal dressing forceps |
Suction and catheters of various sizes |
Irrigation equipment |
Foley and Fogarty catheters |