Intraosseous infusion for resuscitation.

ABSTRACT

A 1 ½ year old girl presented with cardio-vascular collapsing after watery diarrhea for 2 days. At emergency room, the replacement fluid was not able to be administered because the anaesthetists couldn’t open any intravenous line even by cut down. Twenty minutes after the admission, the patient became cyanosed, bradypnoeic and nearly arrested. As a result, the intraosseous infusion was done successfully within 15 seconds. After resuscitation with replacement fluid through intraosseous route and supplement oxygenation, the girl became pink and conscious. Four days later, she was discharged uneventfully.