The prehospital intravenous access assessment: a prospective study on intravenous access failure and access delay in prehospital emergency medicine

Conclusion: Our study offers a simple assessment to identify cases of difficult intravenous access in prehospital emergency care. Of the numerous factors subjectively perceived as possibly exerting influences on cannulation, only the universal – not exclusive to emergency care – factors of lighting, vein visibility and palpability proved to be valid predictors of cannulation failure and exceedance of a 2 min threshold.
Source: European Journal of Emergency Medicine - Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research