TACTICAL COMBAT CASUALTY CARE HANDBOOK
3. Insert the introducer:
•• Position yourself over the head of the patient facing toward the patient’s feet.
•• Remove the cap from the introducer. •• Place the bone probe cluster needles in the target zone of the target patch.
•• Hold the introducer perpendicular to the skin of the casualty. •• Pressing straight along the introducer axis, with hand and elbow in
line, push with a firm, constant force until a release is heard and felt.
•• Expose the infusion tube by gently withdrawing the introducer. The stylet supports will fall away.
Figure 1-15. FAST1 introducer insertion Warning: Avoid extreme force or twisting motions. 4. Connect the infusion tube.
•• Connect the infusion tube to the right-angle female connector (blue tip).
•• Flush the catheter with 10 ml of sterile IV solution. •• Also may add 2 to 3 ml of 2 percent lidocaine to reduce pain during the infusion.
•• Attach a saline lock to the remaining Luer lock connector.
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