"I was on shift on friday night with the Bomberos and had to use a BIG device.

The patient was shot in the chest and was in respiratory arrest and then cardiac arrest due to a tension pneumothora and hypovolaemia. We managed the airway, sealed the chest wound, decompressed the chest with a 14g needle and rapidly gained IO access with the BIG in the tibial tuberosity. I aspirated bone marrow, flushed with saline and started fluid administration. We were able to provide epinephrine IO too which enabled us to gain a bradycardic rhythm from PEA.
 
All in all, a great piece of equipment and it impressed all of the guys on scene.”

C I Gibson
Guatemala

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