Intraosseous infusion performed in the prehospital setting: South Carolina's six-year experience.
Our data do not demonstrate that a prehospital intraosseous infusion protocol will improve the outcome of prehospital pediatric patients with cardiac arrest. The number of patients in our study is too small to allow us to draw a conclusion as to the effect of intraosseous infusion on altering survivability of pediatric cardiac arrest in the prehospital setting. More study is necessary to determine whether there might be a group of pediatric patients with cardiac arrest or hypovolemic shock who could potentially benefit in a prehospital setting from this procedure.
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Pediatrics Intensive Care Unit, Greenville Hospital System, SC 29605, USA.
D000488:Allied Health Personnel; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D017148:Infusions, Intraosseous / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000379:methods*; D013022:South Carolina; D013534:Survival; D016896:Treatment Outcome