Glucagon without an IV

[crotchitymedic1986]

well i have tried to push it through an IO, and it was very difficult, and took forever.

[spenac]

Could we dilute to allow it to flow in easier? Pardon the stupid student question. I have pushed it IO and it is hard. Crotch's complaint and concern made me wonder if diluting would be a better way to administer by IO. Thanks.

[Dustdevil]

Could we dilute to allow it to flow in easier? Pardon the stupid student question. I have pushed it IO and it is hard. Crotch's complaint and concern made me wonder if diluting would be a better way to administer by IO. Thanks.

Exactly. Put it in a bag of D5W and let it flow.

It's not like we're in a big hurry to get it in. Actually, I prefer my patients unconscious. That's fewer questions I have to ask them and then write down in my PCR.

[ambodriver]

Exactly. Put it in a bag of D5W and let it flow.

It's not like we're in a big hurry to get it in. Actually, I prefer my patients unconscious. That's fewer questions I have to ask them and then write down in my PCR.

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[crotchitymedic1986]

Sure you can give D10 to your 300lb unconscious hypoglycemic patient who is circling the drain. Lets see:

1. you have to find your IO needle (pray you remember how to use it).

2. Then you have to find his tuberosity under all that fat.

3. Then you have to clean the site.

4. Then you have to hope the needle is long enough, and you have to place it in the right site.

5. Then you have to spike a bag, hang it, dilute your D50, let it run in over 30 minutes. If he isnt dead bythen, you now have to transport him to get antibiotic therapy for the wound you made in his leg and bone (diabetic sores heal real well).

Or you could of stuck an ETT up his ass 20 minutes ago, got your refusal, and been on the way back to the station, while the patient is unglueing his booty hole.

[Dustdevil]

I can count the number of patients I've had in thirty-five years, who were literally circling the drain due to hypoglycaemia, on the fingers of one hand, and have some left over.

[spenac]

1. you have to find your IO needle (pray you remember how to use it).

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Actually it only takes a second to pull out and use the EZ-IO or the B.I.G. Technology is great. I hate the manual screw types.

[Dustdevil]

Technology is great. I hate the manual screw types.

That's what she said!

[akroeze]

Sure you can give D10 to your 300lb unconscious hypoglycemic patient who is circling the drain. Lets see:

1. you have to find your IO needle (pray you remember how to use it).

2. Then you have to find his tuberosity under all that fat.

3. Then you have to clean the site.

4. Then you have to hope the needle is long enough, and you have to place it in the right site.

5. Then you have to spike a bag, hang it, dilute your D50, let it run in over 30 minutes. If he isnt dead bythen, you now have to transport him to get antibiotic therapy for the wound you made in his leg and bone (diabetic sores heal real well).

Or you could of stuck an ETT up his ass 20 minutes ago, got your refusal, and been on the way back to the station, while the patient is unglueing his booty hole.

Just out of curiosity, are you this dramatic and exaggerating in real life?

[crotchitymedic1986]

i think doing an unnecessary IO is dramatic, but it could just be me.