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Alternative routes for IV fluids
Since the last thread closed and the question has validity.........not every person has quick extremity venous access and we started using this product which , in my view, is a step up from the sternal procedure:
http://www.vidacare.com/Products/index_4_29.html
It has a manual insertion device which I have and will begin carrying for tac-med purposes. It is really quick and works very well. We have seen it on 16 patients so far from our EMS providers in our Trauma bay.
Yes it is pricey for the needles but heck, what is a life worth as comparison to a device that gets fluid, meds into the blood stream rapidly through the tibia or humorus when there is no peripheral venous access.
ss
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'Revel in action, translate perceptions into instant judgements, and these into actions that are irrevocable, monumentous and dreadful - all this with lightning speed, in conditions of great stress and in an environment of high tension:what is expected of "us" is the impossible, yet we deliver just that.
(adapted from: Sherwin B. Nuland, MD, surgeon and author: The Wisdom of the Body, 1997 )
Education is the anti-ignorance we all need to better treat our patients. ss, 2008.
The blade is so sharp that the incision is perfect. They don't realize they've been cut until they're out of the fight: A Surgeon Warrior. I use a knife to defend life and to save it. ss (aka traumadoc)
Last edited by swatsurgeon; 07-30-2006 at 17:49.
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