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Table 1 Responders indications for IOI use

From: Current use of intraosseous infusion in Danish emergency departments: a cross-sectional study

Tick box options*

N

(%)

We never use IOI before anaesthesiologists have tried and failed intravenous access

7

(37%)

Critically ill patients

11

(58%)

Cardiac arrest

7

(37%)

Sepsis shock

8

(42%)

Pulmonary embolism

6

(32%)

Hypovolemic shock

11

(58%)

Other conditions not mentioned above**

5

(26%)

  1. * All options apply when intravenous attempts have failed. It was possible for responders to mark more than one tick box.
  2. **Other conditions mentioned by the responders are: as primary care access to patients with obesity in cardiac arrest, drug addicts, pre-hospital patients, trauma patients and generally in cases with the critically ill patient where an intravenous access cannot be establish within 60 seconds.
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Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

ISSN: 1757-7241