Getting IV Cannulation Right

Posted on by Andrew Coggins

IV Cannulation Guide 2015

IV Cannulation, basic, but what you do matters!

Here is a suggested approach for Junior Doctors in the Emergency Department:IV line

(Use a ‘Green’ Sticker – or your local alternative method to document the date of insertion)

References:

1) MJA: www.mja.com.au/journal/2013/199/10/think-you-insert-intravenous-catheter

2) EMA: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23623052

3) NSW Health Policy:

Online – http://www0.health.nsw.gov.au/policies/gl/2013/GL2013_013.html 

PDF – http://www0.health.nsw.gov.au/policies/gl/2013/pdf/GL2013_013.pdf