Marine gets a Fast-1 pushed into his chest for a demonstration

[Ooh-Rah]

JESUS!

Is there anything Marines don't get volunteered for?

I actually yelled, "MOTHER FUCKER!" at 3:18....

 

[AWP]

I had to Google this when I saw it on Facebook.

Um, fuck no.

 

[SpitfireV]

Nuts on his forehead and that thing shoving catheters into his chest.

That man will be an officer, someday.

 

[ThunderHorse]

This was a SSG, now he's a Captain. Solid dude:

 

[CDG]

Jesus christ.

 

[Diamondback 2/2]

I used to love watching the biggest baddest dudes freak the fuck out during CLS IV sticks. Nothing g like watching a muscled up "can run through walls" type about in tears when it comes time to have a itty-bitty needle stuck in your arm. LOL

Yeah, fuck that Fast one bullshit, I think I would've dropped the man card on that one.

 

[amlove21]

Yeah, that shit was sketchy when we still used them. They're way out of vogue, with the ease of IO access tools that are much safer/easier to use.

 

[Devildoc]

EZ IO we would do to each other in training. The FAST? Uh, no....hells to the no....

 

[minydoom]

So did somebody accidentally label a torture device as a medical tool or what? What does it even do?

 

[TLDR20]

So did somebody accidentally label a torture device as a medical tool or what? What does it even do?

It is an outdated tool for providing rapid vascular access. Anything you can put in a vein you can put in a bone.

 

[minydoom]

It is an outdated tool for providing rapid vascular access. Anything you can put in a vein you can put in a bone.

Never knew that, thanks. Still that just doesn't seem healthy lol

 

[Muppet]

Never knew that, thanks. Still that just doesn't seem healthy lol

As was stated, the bone marrow, distal tibial, humeral head are all places we routinely place I.O.'s in the field. In fact, representatives from Vida Care, the place that produces E.Z. I.O. volunteer to take a humeral I.O. to show how easy it is. Then they go back to work. So, it's fine.

Edit to add: The bone marrow is considered a "non collapsible" I.V. and has been used since WW2 for a bit of history.....

M.

 

[Gunz]

I saw them do an IO on Combat Rescue. I think they used a gun device that looked like a power drill and went in at the shoulder.

 

[policemedic]

That's the EZ I-O. It's a lot easier to use than what we had years ago. We used to have to do it manually by twisting the needle into the bone. Fun times.

 

[Ranger Psych]

That's the EZ I-O. It's a lot easier to use than what we had years ago. We used to have to do it manually by twisting the needle into the bone. Fun times.

Yeah but you had a clyster and fleam in your aid bag.

 

[Muppet]

That's the EZ I-O. It's a lot easier to use than what we had years ago. We used to have to do it manually by twisting the needle into the bone. Fun times.

I hated the Jamshidi or Illinois needles. I remember years ago, I had to pop one into a sick kids tib, hypovolemic shock from dehydration, unconscious. I thought it was barbaric, can't imagine what that poor kids folks thought. Kid survived after being transferred to CHOP.

M.

 

[Muppet]

Yeah but you had a clyster and fleam in your aid bag.

@policemedic and I are pushing 17 years this year as medics in P.A.

M.

 

[TLDR20]

EZ-IO is the tits.

 

[Gunz]

With all the sharp instruments that sadistic medical people have stabbed, jabbed, sliced and diced me with over the years, somehow I missed out on the pleasures of a six inch needle in my fucking bone marrow.

 

[TLDR20]

With all the sharp instruments that sadistic medical people have stabbed, jabbed, sliced and diced me with over the years, somehow I missed out on the pleasures of a six inch needle in my fucking bone marrow.

Supposedly the EZ IO doesn't hurt that badly. I have never taken one but given them and people tend to not complain. The flush on the other hand supposedly hurts like a bitch...