Comparison of first-attempt success between tibial and humeral intraosseous insertions during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 278-281

  Reades, Rosalyn ^a   Studnek, Jonathan R ^a,b   Garrett, John S ^a   Vandeventer, Steven ^a   Blackwell, Tom ^a  

^a Mecklenburg EMS Agency   (United States)

^b CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

emergencymedical services; intraosseous infusion; needle insertion sites; sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMERUS; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRAOSSEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; REGISTER; SUDDEN DEATH; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; HUMERUS; INFUSIONS, INTRAOSSEOUS; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; REGISTRIES; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952263713     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2010.545479     Document Type: Article

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