The following text provides a summary of the teaching points that appear in the video. Placement of peripheral intravenous (IV) catheters is a fundamental skill that all health care professionals ...

Vascular access is the most commonly performed invasive procedure in medicine, with 200 million peripheral intravenous (PIV) catheters placed annually in U.S. hospitals to administer fluids, ...

April 27, 2012 (Phoenix, Arizona) — The rate of inappropriately placed central venous catheters (CVCs) substantially declines when residents and emergency department (ED) technicians are trained to ...

In 2016, the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) issued a policy statement advocating a new safety goal for vascular access: the “one-stick standard.” To help clinicians achieve it, ACEP ...

"Ultimate training tool" for UGPIV procedures and best practices upholds rigorous INS Infusion Therapy Standards of Practice HARTWELL, Ga., April 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A new ultrasound-guided ...

Many procedures in minipigs require establishment of reliable deep venous access with a large-bore catheter. In animal experiments, such catheters are typically implanted surgically. In clinical ...

Peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC) are a type of deep venipuncture, for which the catheter tip malposition rate is high. To examine the feasibility of preventing catheter tip malposition ...

Two-dimensional (2-D) imaging ultrasound guidance is recommended as the preferred method for insertion of central venous catheters (CVCs) into the internal jugular vein (IJV) in adults and children in ...

Catheterisation of the epidural space (an 'epidural') is a common way of providing pain relief for childbirth or surgery. Ultrasound guidance may be used to help position the tip of the catheter in ...

Ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia is a better option for pediatric supracondylar fractures than IV opioids, according to a study reported on by Anesthesia News. Chris Darrel Glover, MD, an ...