Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured ...

a. Consist of solid boring needle (trocar) inserted through a sharpened hollow needle. b. Pushed into bone via screwing and twisting. i. Once needle pops through bone, solid needle is removed (a) Hollow steel needle remains. c. Long needles that rest at a 90-degree angle to the bone. d. Easily dislodged and require careful immobilization. 3. ................
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