TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Vascular Access A1 - Rose, John S. A1 - Sylvester, Patrick J. A1 - Abo, Alyssa M. A2 - Ma, O. John A2 - Mateer, James R. A2 - Reardon, Robert F. A2 - Byars, Donald V. A2 - Knapp, Barry J. A2 - Laudenbach, Andrew P. PY - 2021 T2 - Ma and Mateer's Emergency Ultrasound, 4e AB - Establishing reliable vascular access in an emergency 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 (POCUS) into emergency and acute care settings has been an important advancement for facilitating rapid and successful vascular access. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1175881223 ER -