TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 21. Vascular Access A1 - Rose, John S. A1 - Bair, Aaron E. A1 - Parikh, Aman K. A2 - Ma, O. John A2 - Mateer, James R. A2 - Reardon, Robert F. A2 - Joing, Scott A. Y1 - 2014 N1 - T2 - Ma and Mateer's Emergency Ultrasound, 3e AB - Establishing reliable vascular access in an emergency situation is of critical importance. Many factors, including body habitus, volume depletion, shock, history of injection drug use, congenital deformity, and cardiac arrest, can make obtaining vascular access in the critically ill or injured patient extremely difficult. The introduction of point-of-care ultrasound into emergency and acute care settings has been an important advance for facilitating rapid and successful vascular access. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57796183 ER -