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you screw the blue IV into the bone of the lower leg to start an IV thru the bone marrow..........what is the technical term for it?!?!?!
oudoc08 said:Yes, we have those sternal I/O's on the ambulance now. FAST-1
I believe they're called. Pretty neat. Never have used one yet, but everyone that I know of that has used them has loved them, except for two, where the patients were too obese.
Did you see the demonstration video where the designer tested the sternal IO on HIMSELF??? (Actually, he had someone else to it to him w/ a local. OUCH!)
oudoc08 said:Yes, we have those sternal I/O's on the ambulance now. FAST-1
I believe they're called. Pretty neat. Never have used one yet, but everyone that I know of that has used them has loved them, except for two, where the patients were too obese.
Did you see the demonstration video where the designer tested the sternal IO on HIMSELF??? (Actually, he had someone else to it to him w/ a local. OUCH!)
SMW83 said:you screw the blue IV into the bone of the lower leg to start an IV thru the bone marrow..........what is the technical term for it?!?!?!
nycmedic said:Although Adult IO's are good and really helpful I personally don't like the idea of having an IO in the sternum of a petient that I am working up in cardiac arrest. I need to do CPR there without getting injured or injuring a Pt. Placement of hands and etc. So if I have to do in IO on adult Pt. I would prefer the one that goes into the leg just like pediatric.
The unit this woman was pushing has been used by the military for humeral head lines, and it can be screwed in by hand, or with an off-the-shelf, battery-powered Black and Decker screwdriver - fits right into the chock and has the line in in less than 5 seconds.
psychbender said:I think you are talking about the EZ-IO system. We just got those where I work. I haven't used one yet, but I've been told by those that have that it's excellent.
Apollyon said:The unit this woman was pushing has been used by the military for humeral head lines, and it can be screwed in by hand, or with an off-the-shelf, battery-powered Black and Decker screwdriver - fits right into the chuck and has the line in in less than 5 seconds.