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To: Coho who wrote (758)	3/13/1998 1:25:00 AM
From: Justin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 8117

Final word on FAST 1 viability. I got this from "argus" on Stockhouse - thought it might help to dispel any doubts raised recently by certain chiefs and doctors. Thanks argus. "I'm not a subscriber to SI, so I can't comment on above message there. I have been in Emergency medicine for 19 years and IMHO, this little gadget is going to explode the industry. In terms of shock and trauma situations, I can seldomly get fluids in patients fast enough, No such a thing as too fast in a crises like trauma. Also in the field, how often EMT's try several times to get a life sustaining IV going only to be defeated by the fact that people in shock have no venous access. By the time they reach a hospital they are now in life threatening cardiac arrhythmia's because shock has now unnessessarily taken it's toll. Even if they obtain venous access, you can't in a lot of cases bolus the fluid in fast enough. If access to the vascular system were something we didn't have to worry about, we could get on with step 2- saving the patients life, via drugs! Imagine how many could be saved. Cardiac arrests (again main problem is venous access) Drugs are now being administered in the field (as the sooner these drugs are given the better the chances of survival) But all too often IV access was too difficult, so these people are transported to the nearest hospital, and a physician will perform a venous cutdown or a central line, by this time these people are too far gone and reversal is impossible. Also infusion of drugs in this access does not have slower access to systemic circulation, especially if this access was immediate. Interosseous infusions are used in children because of the lack of venous access. It is safe and most effective. There has never been such a perfect device available for use on adults. ANYONE can be trained to place the FAST 1 !!! Imagine the future potential. (Hopefully this is in terms layman can understand, if not, please post any questions re: above. I could go on and on describing situations where this device would have saved a life.)"