Introducing IV Cannula Made Easy

[grettagrids]

In america we call IVs catheters, but cannula makes more sense to me. Worked as an RN for awhile.

[marvesmarves]

Babies are the hardest

[kreetik21]

ew, you shouldn't touch the needle.

[raptorarchangel]

I think it's depressing about the fucked up situation this baby is in..

[WonkyDoodle]

Gloves arent going to protect you from a needlestick injury numbnuts.

[Acechill7]

BSI from the patients...

[WonkyDoodle]

@Acechill7 What? Blood stream infections? Are you serious?

[Brizzleist]

@WonkyDoodle Body Substance Isolation

[TBOBT1985]

Hate to jump on the bandwagon but I've got to agree with the others: gloves.

I won't say that non-sterile gloves are cleaner than washed hands (load of crap in my opinion) but I will say that they are safer. Maybe it's because I've worked with several patients with blood bourne illnesses but personally I would be uncomfortable doing this procedure without them.

And although I've never worked in acute care with peds I thought that using the hand veins for phlebotomy was highly frowned on?

[jefftube2134]

no gloves!!!!

[tbursee]

lookl liek you are killing the poor fellow. and where the hell are your gloves man?

[cardi35]

Are U insane !!!!! Nursing 101 GLOVES. Second that is a newborn GLOVES GLOVES!!!!!

third it is a premature/ high risk baby GLOVES GLOVES GLOVES GLOVES GLOVES for the love of God GLOVES !!!!!!!!

[supertrex2]

paranoid.

[mylovesofmylife]

I have heard scalp iv is the easiest and less stressful way to get a much needed IV into a newborn babies vein. Should IV insertion into the infants scalp be inserted still even if the newborn infant was stressed out with protesting at previous IV attempts at veins in the limbs etc. Or in the end is thigh injections a better option even though to begin with the scalp IV was the kindest less stressful option for an infant in need of an IV?

[medifix]

Certainly not, This is the last resort. If the drip tissues, thae scalp will melt away leaving a hole. If I came across a doctor using scalp veins, I would literaly kick them out. The babies have to grow up with a bald scar on the head. What a shame you have been given the wrong advice.

[mylovesofmylife]

Was not simple to insert a new iv for antibiotics into my 5 day old babies vein a baby, who had tests done each day beforehand proving she had no infection and normal bottle feeding and no 02 dependancy. She was a strong darling as she screamed and thrashed at failed attempts to get a new iv into her limbs, they decided on a scalp iv as kindest option over the other option of thigh injections at that point, I came back for shaven hair they would have binned and they had done thigh injections.

[Childofbodom96]

What are cannula drips used for ??

[medifix]

Cannula is a small tube inserted into blood vessels (veins) using a needle. The needle is taken out but the cannula stays inside the veins. The outer end is connected to drip or used to give drugs. This is an important life saving practical procedure. On average doctors and nurses take 2-3 attempts to be sucessful.

[Childofbodom96]

Oh right. Thank you for replying.  Thats interesting how many attempts it takes for doctors to be successful . It must be a difficult procedure to "complete" for them.

[prinsborje]

Im just writing about it, check out the study " The effect of vapocoolant spray on pain due to intravenous cannulation in children: a randomized controlled trial"

Enjoy!

[NoPainReally]

Have you heard of Pain Ease? There was a recent Korean study (2008) using a "vapocoolant spray" for heel-sticks in neonates that worked very well compared to sucrose solution. There's a YouTube video showing Pain Ease being used on a patient by searching "Pain Free IV"

[medifix]

Its not only pain I am concerned but multiple puncture done as doctors and nurses often need 2-3 attempts to be sucessful. This puncure sites will help MRSA to enter body resulting in septicemia and death.

[medifix]

I've been in this business for too long, tried more things than you know. You have to understand pain pathways, so these sprays, cream etc are commercial products help to ease pain felt by others. I've worked with kids suffering from cancer, they speak the truth.

[embezzler834]

Im In shock! Where are your gloves!? THIS IS A HORRIBLE EXAMPLE ! 

Wearing gloves is critical !!

[medifix]

This video was recorded in 1980s, no one wore gloves. Note gloves is to protect the doctor or nurse and does not offer any protect to patients.

[camomila1570]

Hi, I agree completely with you. In reality, gloves are not strictly necessary, the dont even protect you 100%. We were tought to use them, which is good, but that does not offer total protection. The puntcture siteis so small anyway....we are not talking about a wound...

[enjoytheride85]

Gloves absolutely offer protection to the patient as well... everyone harbors bacteria on their skin. Gloves protect us from being exposed to the patients bodily fluids and prevent the spread of bacteria from our skin to the patient.

[thorington]

well actually, latex is the perfect place for microbes to grow on. Wash your hands correctly instead

[PositiveNature]

@thorington Should you get a needlestick injury, wearing gloves will reduce the chances of you contracting something than compared to not wearing any gloves.

[WonkyDoodle]

Absolute rubbish.

[PositiveNature]

@WonkyDoodle All I'm doing is quoting what I have read based on research and what I am told every time I go to Occupational Health. When an individual gets a needlestick injury, if they are wearing gloves, the chances of them contracting something from the needle, reduces. If you do not agree with that, then you need to challenge those who provided that information, not me.

[WonkyDoodle]

@PositiveNature blindly following others. use your common sense. how is a film of latex going to help in a needle stick injury? not only will it fail to protect your skin from the needle, but once you sustain the tear, your gloves become useless. THINK!

[medifix]

Gloves protect you from getting local infections (skin & secretions) but needlestick injury results in systemic infection (HIV & Hepatitis).

The problem we encounter now is how to protect patients. In 5 years (UK) one staff cought HIV from needlestick injury but neary 18,000 contracted MRSA and C-Diff. So if we keep talking about needlestick injury then soon we wont have any patients left to treat, sad.

[enjoytheride85]

There are no microbes growing on a pair of clean gloves that just came out of the box... ... ... how about you wash your hands... and then put on GLOVES.

[medifix]

If gloves could prevent infection, its a gift to mankind to protect us all from the bacterial thret

[isdakongsupot]

must have gone to some weird school like tim buck too or something for not wearing any gloves. especially when working with a baby. this guy is an ass

[weblicious]

OMG!! NO GLOVES?!

[medifix]

Please check out my new video, there is more to gloves and hand washing to help reduce spreading infections

[medifix]

Its sad to hurt a tiny baby and harder for doctors if they fail to introduce cannula in the first attempt.

[FrozenEMT]

Great. A device to facilitate introducing an IV cannula. And its listed as a device which helps to prevent the spread of MRSA/VRSA. Except for the fact that the knucklehead demonstrating is not wearing gloves so this is all pointless since if there is MRSA present, both the infant and the caregiver are no probably infected. Remember kids! Little things mean a lot, so lets remember those BSIs/PPEs!

[Stonecold9]

Where's your gloves??

[medifix]

This work was done in 1989, no one wore gloves at that time and often now. Gloves protect the doctors and not patients because these gloves are not sterlised ones.

[shamrock1337tm]

what's the point? it still doesn't make a damn difference to the skill of the cannulator... cannulating infants/children is very difficult what's the point of this cannula going in automatically. it still won't find the vein for you... probably costs a shitload too in comparison to regular cannulas

[sylviesangels]

Babies endure so much they are so tough. Now I know what my baby Lilike had to go through in NNU when I always heard her scream at the ivs being placed.

[pat27617]

thanks. pretty cool

patrick rn in north carolina

[zobya]

good work buddy

but can u help me to get an iv kit that contains : gloves , cannula , iodine , alcohol , syrenge , all in one kit

can u send a web link for that please

thx