Recommendations for the use of intraosseous vascular access for emergent and nonemergent situations in various healthcare settings: a consensus paper.

The Consortium on Intraosseous Vascular Access in Healthcare Practice consisted of Lynn Phillips, Infusion Nurses Society and Consortium Chair; Lucinda Brown, Society of Pediatric Nurses; Teri Campbell, Air and Transport Nurses Association; Julie Miller, American Association of CriticalCare Nurses; Jean Proehl, Emergency Nurses Association; and Barbara Youngberg, Visiting Professor of Health Law and Policy, Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy, Loyola University Chicago College of Law. the emergency setting, the Consortium on Intraosseous Vascular Access in Healthcare Practice chose to go beyond its use in resuscitative settings to explore the evidence supporting use of intraosseous access wherever vascular access is medically necessary or difficult to achieve in all settings. Such settings include, but are not limited to, patients in intensive care units, on high acuity/progressive care units, on the general medical units, in preprocedure surgical settings where lack of vascular access can delay surgery, and in chronic care and longterm care settings.