Evaluation of a new pediatric intraosseous needle insertion device for low-resource settings

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The Near Needle Holder (NNH) (Near Manufacturing, Camrose, Alberta, Canada) is a reusable tool to introduce a standard hollow needle for pediatric intraosseous (IO) infusion. We compared the NNH to the Cook Dieckmann (Cook Critical Care, Bloomington, IN) manual IO needle in a simulation setting. METHODS: Study subjects were 32 physicians, nurses, and medical students participating in a trauma course in Guyana. After …