Tap into the NIO for Easy, Safe Intraosseous Access

​Intraosseous (IO) access was first introduced in 1922, but soon fell out of favor with the emergence of IV catheters. Even when IO was picked back up to benefit peripheral IV in the 1980s, it was only indicated for children 6 years old or under. (Crit Care 2016;20:102.) But that changed with the invention of automatic IO devices like the New Intraosseous device (NIO).​The NIO is designed for emergency physicians, paramedics, military medics, and practitioners who treat medical emergencies involving patients with difficult venous access or the need to administer drugs or fluids, among others. It is a single-use automatic injector that inserts the catheter to the primary site of proximal tibia or secondary site of humeral head in less than 10 seconds. It comes with an intraosseous access and fixation kit (GoIO), and requires no assembly or power source to operate. The device can also be used in those wearing bulky personal protection equipment and caregivers can't find standard IV access.To obtain IO access with the NIO, use your nondominant hand to place the device on the insertion site and your dominant hand to press it firmly against the patient's disinfected skin. Press down on the device, and pull the trigger wings up. This activates the NIO's primary safety mechanism, triggering the device to insert the needle to a predetermined depth. Simply pull the needle out to remove the NIO. The NIO was also featured in EMN's Procedural Pause blog. (Feb. 1, 2017; http:/...
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