Emergency intraosseous access in a helicopter emergency medical service: a retrospective study
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Emergency intraosseous access in a helicopter emergency medical service: a retrospective study
BACKGROUND Intraosseous access (IO) is a method for providing vascular access in out-of-hospital resuscitation of critically ill and injured patients when traditional intravenous access is difficult or impossible. Different intraosseous techniques have been used by our Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) since 2003. Few articles document IO use by HEMS physicians. The aim of this study...
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عنوان ژورنال: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1757-7241
DOI: 10.1186/1757-7241-18-52