Annals of emergency medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Intravenous access in the critically ill trauma patient: a multicentered, prospective, randomized trial of saphenous cutdown and percutaneous femoral access.
To compare the speed of IV access and the rate of infusion for saphenous venous cutdown and percutaneous femoral catheterization. ⋯ Percutaneous femoral catheterization can be performed more rapidly than saphenous cutdown in the critically ill trauma patient with a palpable femoral pulse and allows for more rapid fluid administration. We support the use of a percutaneous femoral line as an acceptable alternative to saphenous venous cutdown in the initial resuscitation of trauma patients.
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To determine the incidence of blunt trauma in northern New York City before and after the distribution of 25,000 baseball bats at Yankee Stadium. ⋯ The distribution of 25,000 wooden baseball bats to attendees at Yankee Stadium did not increase the incidence of bat-related trauma in the Bronx and northern Manhattan. There was a positive correlation between daily temperature and the incidence of bat injury. The informal but common impressions of emergency clinicians about the cause-and-effect relationship between Bat Day and bat trauma were unfounded.