Body Access
In order to give many medications you will require some sort of body access whether that be a:
- Intravenous Line
- Intraosseous Line
- EVJA
IV:
- Select needle gauge
- 16 gauge - 180 ml/min - Rapid fluid, trauma
- 18 gauge - 90 ml/min - Rapid fluid, trauma
- 20 gauge - 60 ml/min - Most infusions, rapid fluid, trauma
- 22 gauge - 36 ml/min - Most infusions, rapid fluid, paediatrics/elderly
- 24 gauge - 20 ml/min - Most paediatric and elderly infusions
- Find viable vein
- Apply TQ 2-3 inches above the site
- Clean site
- Insert until blood flash
- Upon observation, remove the needle, advance the catheter
- Secure
- Flush w/ 10 ml NS
IO:
- Common locations of insertion:
- Tibial plateau (2 cm below knee)
- Humerus head
- Other locations:
- Distal femur
- Clavicle
- Radius
- Needle sizing
- Red cap - paediatric
- Blue cap - normal adult
- Yellow cap - longer adult (difficult locations, i.e. distal femur)
- Attempt IV
- Palpate area of insertion, rule out deformities
- Sterilise w/ chlorhexidine
- Attach selected size to drill
- Re-palpate location, placing finger over site
- Place needle where finger was, and plunge into the bone
- Activate drill, drilling down until cap fills with flesh
- Remove drill
- Attach syringe, draw back bone marrow
- Flush w/ NS
- Secure cap
EJVA:
- Attempt IV, IO
- Tilt head to side and away from intended site
- Identify jugular vein
- Sterilise between neck and collarbone w/ chlorhexidine
- Drape incision area
- Locally anesthetise using lidocaine, leave 1 cc in syringe
- Take 12 gauge needle w/ 1 cc lidocaine
- Insert needle at 18 degrees towards heart
- Advance until it hits jugular vein, shown through aspiration of lidocaine
- Detach syringe, thread guide wire through needle
- Remove needle, hold guide wire steady
- Make a small incision moving away from the wire with an 11 blade
- Take the dilator and thread it over the guidewire, pushing it down as far as it can go, then remove it
- Threat the central line over the guidewire, remove the guidewire
- Flush each port w/ 5 ml saline, clamp off, secure line