Your patient is receiving ECMO and requires frequent medications. IV access is limited. The physician asks for your recommendations on ways to improve the ease of medication delivery. What would you suggest?
a. Establish intraosseous (IO) access.
b. Deliver the medications down the endo-tracheal tube.
c. Utilize the infusion ports along the tubing.
d. Aerosolize the medications.
ANS: C
Infusion ports can be added along the tubing for infusing medications in patients who have lim-ited IV access. These ports can also be an option for access when Continuous Veno Venous He-mofiltration (CVVH) is required.
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