IO Access in the Air Medical and Critical Care Transport Arena

In the Air Medical and Critical Care Transport world — venous access often dictates the difference between life and death. The EZ-IO® provides safe, simple, and immediate vascular access through the intraosseous space. With time literally against the patient in an emergent setting - the EZ-IO can be used to establish stable and secure vascular access in less than 10 seconds. Developed for both the pediatric and the adult patient - the EZ-IO has proven to be stable during transport and indispensible for the deliver of drugs, fluids or blood.

IO is the proven standard for establishing vascular access when confronted with compromised critical care patients. In the absence of venous access – the EZ-IO places time back on your side. In situations like multi-systems trauma, airway compromise, burns, cardiac arrest the EZ-IO offers you an immediate solution to what was once difficult proposition. In fact, there are many Air Medical and Critical Care transport team now using EZ-IO as their first line solution, enabling administration of lifesaving drugs much earlier than previously possible with traditional peripheral IV placement.

In alert patients, the patented EZ-IO design reduces the pain of insertion. After insertion a slow injection of 2% Lidocaine can effectively block pressure sensors in the intraosseous space significantly reducing the pain associated with IO infusion.