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- Donald Howarth.
- howarth@uwa.edu.au
- Aust Fam Physician. 2011 Jul 1;40(7):510-1.
AbstractDifficult intravenous access can be a very stressful experience, especially in a remote emergency department. Adult intraosseous access can provide rapid access for fluids and drugs in a critically ill patient in whom intravenous access is difficult or impossible. This article presents two case reports of patients in whom rapid intraosseous access was lifesaving.
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