Indications
Emergency intravenous access is required and Peripheral intravenous access is difficult or has failed.
This video has been provided by Emergency Procedures App developers (Dr John Mackenzie and Dr James Miers) in order to help medical students, interns in training. Please visit the video source or Emergency Procedures app for more procedure videos and information.
Contributors
Dr John Mackenzie
Dr John Mackenzie MBChB , Dip MSM, FACEM . Staff Specialist Emergency Medicine, Consultant Hyperbaric Medicine Specialist, at Prince of Wales Hospital. Known for cycling endlessly for no apparent reason. 20 years of developing virtual learning for clinicians at all levels.
Dr James Miers
Dr James Miers BSc BMBS (Hons) FACEM, Staff Specialist in Emergency Medicine, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney. Passion for gypsy jazz and chess. Lead author of Lead author of Emergency Procedures App.
Further Reading
- https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/networks/eci/clinical/procedures/procedures/554106
- Intraosseous (IO) Line/Access by Keith A. Raymond – https://iem-student.org/io-line/
- Intraosseous line access sites – https://iem-student.org/2018/08/06/intraosseos-line-access-sites/
