Where and when should you obtain intraosseous access? by David, Marshall, Josh, Aaron and Charles

Published on Tue, 01/10/2012 - 11:09am

The panel discusses five recent intraosseous research articles. Would you start an IO on a conscious patient, have you? Listen as they discuses several aspects of each article.

One of the five articles has not been publish when this podcast was created. Articles and abstracts:

Intraosseous Versus Intravenous Vascular Access During Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Randomized Controlled Trial
http://www.annemergmed.com/article/S0196-0644(11)01336-9/abstract
Paramedics successfully perform humeral EZ-IO intraosseous access in adult out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22030185
Efficacy of the EZ-IO needle driver for out-of-hospital intraosseous access—a preliminary, observational, multicenter study.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22029625
Intraosseous line use, complications, and outcomes among a population-based cohort of children presenting to California hospitals.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21960092

Speakers in order of appearance: David Page, MS, NREMT-P, Marshall J. Washick, BAS, NREMT-P, Josh Salzmen, MA, Aaron Burnett, MD, Chareles Lick, MD.