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Crash cart
A crash cart is a set of trays on a wheeled cart used in hospitals and emergency rooms which contains all the basic equipment necessary to follow ACLS protocols and save someone's life, i.e. a defibrillator and intravenous medication.
Hospitals typically have internal intercom codes used for situations when someone has gone into cardiac arrest or a similar near-death condition outside of the emergency room or operating room (where such conditions already happen all the time and do not require special announcements). When such codes are given, hospital staff and volunteers are expected to clear the corridors, and to direct visitors to stand aside; the crash cart and a team of physicians and nurses may come flying through at any moment.
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