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Originally Posted by tmill
Gentleman, as mentioned earlier, the catheter system is not practical for EMS or field use. I tried the sysem in EMS(pilot program) and in Africa. The catheter is too "busy" and is not condusive to fast insertion. The perfered method still remains the old catheter over needle stainless hub, or the angiocath. I prefer down and dirty, keep it simple.
Tmill
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Been using these awhile now and have to say they have grown on me. They make fishing alot easier with being able to have a flow and not just the flash.
Which really just makes for less pain for the pt; as well as less blood exposure for me.
Now as far as field use, it doesn't really matter if the pt hurts or bleeds if hes alread been injured; and the autoguards are so much faster.
So these are fine for the hospital but I wouldn't use them in the field, maybe carry a few small guage ones incase I had an elderly pt or something along those lines.