my first time starting an IV

[TheRichardkelly]

IN REAL LIFE, PATIENTS ARENT LAUGHING WHEN U JACK THEM UP

[anything4science]

I`m a med student and a nurse was the one to teach me on how to start an IV-we all need to work together; I see a lot of bad vibes going between MDs and nurses and it frustrates the shit out of me :( BTW amazing first try

[lesztat18]

wow. here in the philippines, make a mistake and laugh about it(even how simple it was), and you'll get your ass kicked.

[lesztat18]

i managed to pierce ears even my own lips, but my hands always get shaky when trying to insert an IV.damn it.

[emanolla1]

good work

thanXxXXxx

[Gcliff100]

its my first time tomorrow for starting an IV for demonstration and insertion.im nervous...

[PrinsTsabi]

the first time we did this in skills lab I was so nervous and trembling a lot (I have essential tremors >_<)... I ended up having a one-on-one tutorial with the chief of anesthesiology in our hospital.. he was so proud of me after I successfully did an IV insertion and blood extraction haha...

[cassandarlynn513]

@PrinsTsabi It is so nice to have people that will work with you when you don't get it at first!

[viviejr25]

Most CT techs are also great at starting ivs....just saying...talk about not being appreciated! ;p

[heavenly80s]

great job.

[valianted]

IV is actually a simple process. it comes with experience. once you do it in daily basis like i did, its a breeze actually. unless its really hard.

[DangerD205]

I am starting my first patient IV today. I am kind of nervous because it is my first night on ER duty- Night shift in Santos, Brasil. We will have about 25 moto accidents, 10 drug ODs, 5 fights, and about 3 out of 30 will die tonight. But I am finally allowed to IV people.

[illek8]

lucky you!! where I go to school, we are not allowed to practice on each other

[jgrandison2004]

why is it that everyone assumes that only nurses start iv's?

[illlivemyway]

only licensed iv nurse could perform iv insertion... : D

[arbiter4558]

when i was in kindergarten i got bit by a brown recluse spider and had to go to the hospital for a week got 3-4 ivs a day...... cried like a baby,,,,, yet sleeped like a baby

[vivixdragon]

My mother is a nurse, it's so convenient not having to wait to get my blood drawn, It would suck having to wait to get blood drawn and not eating till then

[asmosferika]

GOOD JOB!! 4 U

[AlexNKoval]

I would hate to be the the one practiced on. Not that the one whose practicing is bad or not, but just the uncertainty of the nurse's skill level.

[SheryeS]

good job!! I'm very nervous to start my first i.v.

[TheBlerm]

@SHRIMPS3 sure that wasn't from Heroin??? 

[mystiqx]

wow I wonder what school this was. My school didn't allow IV's at all. I learned to do them on the job.

[heatherandjoey]

I don't really understand why she made you flush without properly securing the cannula hub first. That was odd.

[JMatt3685]

@heatherandjoey why stabilize if the sites bad? you flush first to make sure there's no infiltration and you've got a clean line. Otherwise, there's no reason to go through the hassle of taping down a hub that's not capped while still maintaining pressure to stop bleeding when you're not even sure if you've got a solid line.

[heatherandjoey]

@JMatt3685 To each his/her own. I insert, get flash, slide in cannula, put on saline lock or direct IV line, tape hub, then flush/start infusion. It works for me, never had a problem with that method yet (when I do, I guess I'll just have to spend 20 seconds removing the tape). I just never saw this method of flushing first and it doesn't make sense to me. Just as my method doesn't make sense to you!

[JMatt3685]

@heatherandjoey lol.. thats my bad, I should have asked where you work first. I got started as a paramedic and am now on active duty with the army as a medic and in both those fields, that 20 seconds was a big deal. In a hospital setting where I had more time available, I agree, it's really not a big deal. Everyone's got they're own flair for IV's!!

[heatherandjoey]

@hannahahuyon Flush with 20-30 mL's? That's a lot. Our hospital uses 5 mL syringes pre-loaded with NS. You start flushing and once you get down to about 1 mL, you close the clamp on the saline lock. That way you create negative pressure in the line.

Yeah, when I was a student (in Canada), we weren't allowed to practice on each other.

[ThePopularChick1]

Trust me IV's do not hurt, I'm twelve and I've been poked alot and if I could I would volunteer!

[bgalindo86]

you did well! i'm a nursing student and i know how sometimes it gets nerve wracking when everyone's watching but you look confident! That's half of it!

[SatoriFlame]

yellow is 24 gauge very small needle for tiny veins and usually not a lot of maintenance iv's.Gram tear 2003 don't feel bad i can guarantee you every nurse will have their strengths and weaknesses.There are lots of skills to master!It takes time.

[picklefish5]

omfg...i fainted all three times ive had to get an iv,i cant stand them

[knw1167]

I remember my first IV, October 10th 2009.

It doesn't hurt. I would volunteer. :D

[icemom09]

What do the colors mean?

[gramtear2003]

oh god i graduated from nursing school on 2004 and until now i do not know how to insert an iv!!!!! and the hospital i just started working at said that each nurse in their hospital must know how to start an iv!!!!! shit!!!!

[supertrex2]

lol how the fuck u survived clinical school? u must be either goodlooking that u get away from everything. or just to slick to get notice./

[vanniboi]

diff colors represent the gauge sizes.

blue = 22

pink = 20

green=18

i can't remember the colors for 16 and 14 since i rarely use them.

[tbursee]

oh wait a minute , they are students doing each other!

[getrealthen]

@tbursee

too many law suits derived out of this, and now nursing schools here in KY do not permit this

[bgalindo86]

@getrealthen

they don't allow them here either in california i think because i'm in nursing school and they won't let us do them.

[tbursee]

That hurts like hell, how could someone volunteer for that?

[bostonloine]

why they r laughing its not funny

[farrajyourube]

its very easy if you find a visible and large vein

but to children and older man its too hard

New Nurse ; -)

[JESSICACARES101]

i have had pleanty of ivs and i am only twelve. u get used to them :(

[speedstackingaddict]

how did you got used to these needles! to tell you the truth i havent been visiting the doctors for awhile XD and im anorectic

[comiebastard]

its funny how most nurses don't even start IVs until they are half way done school, in my EMT school we were doing IV's on the third week lol.

[MsGymnast77]

Do you have any advice on the fear of IVs, I have to get an IV to get my wisdom teeth out and I am scared to feath of needles

[LiliScarlett8]

@MsGymnast77 : Most people are scared of needles. But an IV is absolutely NOT painful ! You barely feel the needle, actually (unless the doctor/nurse does it wrong).

Absolutely no reason to be afraid. Tell yourself that a needle in your arm is the totally harmless and common !

[supertrex2]

shes good not packing. ive seen stupid students.

[passionatereader77]

I dont do ivs well its so hard to me

[rwsandman]

Volunteer? You bet! Do you know of any program where I can let students practice on me?

[Valindie]

i'm halfway through my nursing school, and i still haven't started an IV yet! i'm in OB/pedi right now, so i probably have a lot higher shot (lol) of performing them.

we don't get to practice on each other, only on mannequins.

[GirlOnFire4God]

Good job! btw chargin..it is called a catheter

[mikybaby]

IV made me failed my exam today... im so sad... but good job

[gts5001]

My first time i forgot to put pressure on the end of the catheter when pulling the needle out. there was blood everywhere.

[chargin48]

that would be a cannula, you sound lame. a catheter is a tube you stick in a urethra into bladder

[unusualme1]

@gts5001 I did so too, but I'm in practice in medicine know, and I have started so many IV's insertions know, that I feel more and more confident everyday...

[UNCRatDog]

@gts5001 I think we've all done that!!!

[YasserVirus08]

عمل جميل وانساني

[BarrelRoll369]

I like (Take the word "like" with a grain of salt) having it in the forearm. I've had plenty of needles put in my arms and it's the most comfortable location to me.

[emufermata]

Your brave for posting your first time...I would be way too embarrassed to post mine...it was a mess lol. Great job!

[NoPainReally]

Have you tried Pain Ease? It reduces/eliminates pain from needles. You can check out the short video of it being used if you put in "Pain Free IV" in the search window. The Pain Ease video shows up number 1. Pain Ease is also approved for use on minor open wounds and oral intact mucous membranes.

[luckylojsan]

oh ...okey.. the girls were really going at it. youre shaking! hehe....I´m becoming a nurse soon. starting school in the fall of 2009, if I get accepted. I hope =).

[mingemil]

i hardly use that place for iv. it gets dislodged too often.

[outlawbeebop]

Wow, I would hate having to train with those harpoons. I hate the spring retract needles. I think it makes IVs more difficult. Good job!

[cfengler]

Thank God nurses practice this a lot. I'm a second year med student and today was the first time we tried starting IVs. We numbed each other with Xylocaine first but I went 0 for 2 trying to get the IV started. It sucked but this is why nurses are invaluable. The medical world would really be lost without them.

[UNCRatDog]

@cfengler Thanks so much for that! Don't lose this wonderful trait! Many if not most doctors can be rather mean to nurses!

[princessaeoifa]

@cfengler And the nurses will be truly happy if prospective doctors would appreciate them just like how you did. :)

[datzfast]

@cfengler i cant even draw blood, how in the hell am i going to do a surgery. oh yea, i get to cut the motherfucker and take his money. i can do that.

[kledoo]

@cfengler : it's true that it doesn't hurt that much if you use Xylocaine, but the vessels can hide because of it!!!

I'm sure you're a pro doing it now...

But yes, nurses are way better then MDs :P (I know I'm a nurse and from time to time we teach MDs how to do it...)

[PVFF87]

@cfengler Should have been a paramedic first

[lilmoomoo]

Nicely done! It was put in a spot I don't usually see on patients, but you got a nice bloody one :)

[1992peter]

AWSOME!!!!

GOOD WORK!!

If I was the test grader, I'DE GIVE YOU AN A+

[NavyMedic87]

Im not even a nurse or doctor and i know how. I love the military and their trust in anyone.

[lisenie]

You guys are soooooo lucky. In MN, we only get to practice on dummies! I wish we could practice on each other

[muzzypat]

Sign up in paramedic school. We are using each other as "stickees".... We stuck each other in phlebotomy school and this was a great precursor for paramedic skills

[Lavi87]

woow...nursing students are the same in every country!! Here in Mexico we have the same type pf practicing skills!! it's pretty cool!!! Nursing rocksss!!!

[naz220]

We never learned how to insert IV's in Nursing school. It was never taught.

[CCsGonnaBeANurse]

Thanks for putting this video up. We're learning IVs the first week of next term. Just seeing this takes the edge off a little bit.

[theoddsock321]

hmm, does she feel anything when the thing is stuck into her hand?!

[NeedleDoctorCane]

Um, she feels the rush of the prick of the needle and fascination as she sees the blood come outof her vein, the more so that she is helping a fellow student who'se never done it and fortunately chose a good model.

[BeenAnAlien]

i luv tegaderm!!

[Cissy2cute]

I love the look on the "stickee"!

[BiGBoShMaN]

I remember i had the iv taken out of my wrist and blood started squirting very far, that gets to me more than any horror movie. And damn some nurses are hot

[Valindie]

a lot are