Successful placement of an adult sternal intraosseous line through burned skin.
Obtaining vascular access can be difficult in the critical adult patient. This can be especially true in a severely burned patient, where the usual insertion site may be involved in the burn injury. We present a case in which a sternal intraosseous line was placed through a full-thickness injury, in a patient in full arrest, who subsequently underwent a successful cardiac resuscitation.
D001285:Atropine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications*; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000379:methods; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D017148:Infusions, Intraosseous; D008875:Middle Aged; D011677:Punctures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D013249:Sternum
D001285:Atropine; D004837:Epinephrine