A pediatric emergency cart has to work at speed across a much wider size and weight range than an adult cart, which is why color-coded drawer organization is the layout most facilities ask for. This page covers drawer color-banding, lock hardware and restocking after use. Labs USA is a supplier and project partner, not the manufacturer. We supply Pegasus Medical cart platforms, help configure them for your facility’s own size-band scheme, and coordinate delivery and installation. Response procedures and drug/equipment protocols belong to your clinical teams; we do not advise on them and nothing here should be read as clinical or compliance guidance.

Pegasus Ecoline pediatric cart with color-banded drawers
2Pegasus lines with a published pediatric configuration
8starting configurations published on the Poly body
Breakawaysingle-use lock bar shared with the standard emergency cart
Freeconfiguration and layout support

Color-banded drawers – the layout most facilities ask for

A pediatric cart has to work at speed for patients whose weight and size range far more than adults’, which is why color-coded drawer organization is the layout most hospitals request.

On the Ecoline platform, Pegasus publishes a Pediatric Cart with color-banded drawers as part of its Premium Emergency Cart family – the same bright, breakaway-sealed drawer front style used on Pegasus emergency carts, banded by color so a drawer can be matched to a size or weight range at a glance. The Poly (all-polymer) platform lists pediatric as one of its eight published starting cart configurations, built on the same body, height and drawer-layout options as its other discipline-specific carts.

Because the color-band scheme and the number of size bands is a facility policy decision, not a fixed manufacturer standard, we configure the drawer count and color assignment from your clinical team’s own scheme rather than defaulting to a single published layout.

Locking and restocking after use

Pediatric emergency carts share the same breakaway seal lock hardware as Pegasus’s standard emergency cart line – a numbered, single-use lock bar that shows at a glance whether the cart has been opened, with no key needed to check it. That matters because these carts are checked frequently and restocked immediately after any use, and the check has to be fast.

Restocking follows the same exchange-or-restock-in-place pattern as any high-turn cart: a pre-built replacement swapped in through central supply, or refilled on the unit from a nearby stock room organized to mirror the drawer order.

Sizing and parking

Pediatric carts on both Pegasus platforms share the caster, rail and accessory hardware used across the rest of the cart line, so a facility can standardize parking bays and accessory stock (IV pole mounts, oxygen tank holders, monitor shelves) across its adult and pediatric emergency carts rather than treating them as an entirely separate hardware family.

Poly vs. Ecoline: which body fits a pediatric emergency cart?

The Ecoline platform is where Pegasus publishes a named, color-banded Pediatric Cart as part of its Premium Emergency Cart family – the same bright breakaway-sealed drawer front style used on its adult emergency cart, so a facility can order matched adult and pediatric carts from one product family. The Poly (all-polymer) platform includes pediatric among its eight published starting cart configurations on a seamless molded body, which some facilities prefer for infection-control reasons in a unit that also stocks isolation carts on the same body style.

Either way, the color-band count and assignment is configured to your own scheme – neither platform ships a fixed, one-size color code.

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Get a pediatric emergency cart configuration and quote FAQ

How many color bands should the drawers have?
That is your clinical team’s policy decision, not a fixed manufacturer standard. We configure the drawer count and color assignment to whatever weight or size band scheme your facility already uses, then match that to a published Pegasus cart body.
Which Pegasus cart line has a dedicated pediatric configuration?
Both do. The Ecoline platform lists a color-banded Pediatric Cart inside its Premium Emergency Cart family; the Poly (all-polymer) platform includes pediatric among its eight published starting configurations.
Can pediatric and adult emergency carts share the same parking bays and accessories?
Yes – both cart types on a given Pegasus platform share the same casters, rails and accessory mounts, so IV pole mounts, oxygen tank holders and similar hardware can be standardized across the fleet.
Are these carts certified to a pediatric emergency standard?
We make no standard, code or certification claims about any cart we supply. We provide the manufacturer’s published product information and configure it to the criteria your clinical and biomedical teams give us.

Get a pediatric emergency cart configuration and quote

Send your facility’s color-band scheme, drawer count and where the cart parks. You get a configuration built from the manufacturer’s published specifications, freight and lead time, and layout support at no charge.