Current Status of Intraosseous Infusion Technique Use at Emergency Departments in Korea

Choi,  Sang Cheon; Park,  Hyun Soo; Kim,  Jae Woo

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Journal of the Korean Society of Traumatology 2007;20(1):6-11.

Current Status of Intraosseous Infusion Technique Use at Emergency Departments in Korea

Sang Cheon Choi, Hyun Soo Park, Jae Woo Kim

¹Department of Emergency Medicine, Gyeongsang Hospital, Gyeongsan, Republic of Korea.
²Department of Emergency Medicine, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea.
³Department of Emergency Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Cheonan, Republic of Korea. kimjwok@schch.co.kr

국내 응급실에서의 골수강내 주입법 사용 현황

최상천·박현수*·김재우

경상병원 응급의학과, 아주대학교 의과대학 응급의학교실^*
순천향대학교 천안병원 응급의학과

Abstract

PURPOSE
Gaining vascular access is difficult and time-consuming in critically ill children, so nowdays, in many countries, intraosseous vascular access is frequently used for rapid vascular access in critically ill children. Its pharmacokinetics is close to that of the peripheral intravenous route, but its infusion flow rate is faster. The purpose of this study was to determine how widely the intraosseous infusion technique was being used in Korean emergency departments.
METHODS
We telephoned forty-two (42) randomly selected university-affiliated hospitals. We asked physicians if they use the intraosseous infusion technique. Responders were emergency and pediatric residents and emergency faculty. If they responded that they were not using the intraosseous infusion technique, we asked the reason. Also, we asked about their experiences with the intraosseous infusion technique.
RESULTS
Forty-two (42) hospitals were enrolled in this study. No hospital used the intraosseous infusion technique on a regular basis. However, 8 hospitals used the intraosseous infusion technique occasionally. None of the responders had experience with the intraosseous infusion technique.
CONCLUSION
The intraosseous infusion technique is currently underrepresented at emergency departments in Korea.

Key Words: Children; Intraosseous infusion; Emergencies

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