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From GEMA #2: Timestamp:40:99 Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 16:20:07 -0500 From: "Thomas O. Stair" Subject: Re: F.A.S.T. 1 IO system At 11:20 PM 2/8/99 -0800, you wrote: >I was just reading the flyer on Pyng Medical Group's F.A.S.T. 1 IO system. Looks neat. Has anyone used it? It shouldn't get in the way of CPR, and it can be inserted in seconds. Is this the one that was developed/tested by the Israeli army? > -Keith Anderson, NP There is more information at www.pyng.com, a poster by Dave Robinson at the last ACEP Research Forum, and a paper by Lark Susak submitted to Lancet describing the first 60 uses. It's approved by the FDA but not marketed yet, available as a beta test while Pyng perfects the device and arranges for mass production. It's not the bone infusion gun developed by Wais Med Ltd PO box 2982 Even Yehuda 40500 Israel (Waisman M, Waisman D: Bone marrow infusion in adults. J Trauma 1997;42:288-293). The B.I.G. is a spring-loaded device that goes in the tibia and comes in adult and pediatric sizes. You dial in the desired depth beforehand. The F.A.S.T.1 comes only in adult size and requires the user to press hard, with a safety catch that gives way and prevents it going too deep. It includes attachments to secure the tubing which should work well in EMS. I have used the F.A.S.T.1 in several patients and can endorse what the flyer says. Tom Stair MD Emergency Medicine Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School ------------------- Timestamp:42:99 Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 20:57:46 -0800 From: Karen Wanger Subject: Re: F.A.S.T. 1 IO system Keith The F.A.S.T. 1 is easy to place. We've had them in our department for about a year. I don't think we've had the need to do CPR with one in situ yet but it comes in very handy when the patient needs fluid resuscitation and has no access. BTW Pyng Medical is Canadian. Karen Wanger MDCM, FRCPC St. Paul's Hospital Vancouver, BCgema.library.ucsf.edu :8081/emedl/archive/f/fast_1_io_system.html