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Intraosseous needles

Lead: Jon McCormack, Consultant retrieval/anaesthesia at Edinburgh Sick Kids
Status: Draft completed and piloted, review process underway
Next steps: Complete review process, map to KSF dimensions and publish on NHS Shared Learning site.

This multi-professional resource has been written to support a 2-3 hour teaching session on IO needles and is for use by clinicians with a responsibility for teaching this skill.

The resource consists of three elements:

1. IO literature background: essentially a summary literature review of the background evidence to date

2. IO teaching workshop: a guide to run a practical workshop for IO cannulation

3. IO powerpoint: of slides to present in the session

For further information or to take part in the review process, please contact Andrea Baker at a.baker@dundee.ac.uk

 

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