just a place holder

Supplies are generally available from hospices or online medical supply stores. We recommend having two complete sets on hand in case the first clogs or malfunctions.

Please note:

We do not recommend using Macy catheters or any feeding pump for this procedure. Aid-in-dying medications are a thick suspension of powders, which have clogged the narrow 14Fr lumen of Macy catheters, , and the tubing on the kangaroo pumps

Supplies needed:

Two 60mL or 100mL catheter-tip syringes, depending on the volume ordered (one for medications, one for pre-test water flush)

Foley clamp or Kelly clamp

Lubricating jelly

Gloves

clear (filtered) apple juice

Chux and paper towels

tall container, like a graduated cylinder (to hold filled syringes tip-up)

And a plastic bag to clean up at the end.

Additional for rectal administration:

26-30Fr Foley catheter with a 30mL balloon. (Choose the largest size tolerable and available, and bring two!)

30mL leur lock syringe to inflate the balloon

4 saline enemas (NOT bisacodyl suppositories!)