Before you start an
IV, you have to collect and set-up your supplies. When you are new at starting
IVs, gathering your supplies and knowing what to do with it can be challenging
itself. There are some tips and tricks we want to share with you on how to
set-up for an IV that may help you save time and effort.
This article will
guide you with a list of supplies you will need when starting an IV, what each
item is for, and how to prepare the supplies for IV insertion. Over time, this
will become second nature to you, but when you are new to the profession starting
IVs takes practice and patience. If you find yourself having trouble starting
IV please check out our “how to start IVs” article that includes a tutorial and
video on how to do it.
Supplies Needed to
Start an IV
• IV start kit- This kit
includes a tourniquet, antiseptic (to clean the patient’s skin before starting
the IV), gauzes, tape, Tegaderm, sticker to label the IV with your initials,
date, time, and gauge of IV needle extension Tubing or Cap-This will be used to
connect to the IV once you have successfully inserted the
IV.
• Normal Saline Flush-This
will be used to flush the IV to ensure it is patent and works properly. Saline
flushes normally come in pre-filled syringes but if you don’t have the
pre-filled syringe you will need a vial of Normal Saline and a syringe (you
will have to draw it up yourself).
• IV Needle-This is the
needle you will use to access the vein. Once it is accessed you will remove the
needle by engaging the safety and the plastic cannula will stay in the vein. I
think of it as a straw in the vein.
Note: IV needles come
in different sizes, otherwise called measures. So pick the right size as per
what kind of treatment your patient will get. On the off chance that you are
confounded on the distinctive sorts of IV check needles please observe this
video on the clarification of them.
How we prepare for iv
Here are the
fundamental strides on the most proficient method to set-up for an IV. It is
imperative to note there is definitely not a standard on how this is finished.
Additional time, you will build up your own strategy yet this is the technique
I utilize. Before you start setting up for an IV perform hand cleanliness and
put on gloves. You generally need to utilize gloves with getting to IV supplies
to forestall pollution.
1. Open the begin pack: Remove
the elastic band from the tourniquet, detach around 5-6 crawls of tape and tear
this piece down the middle and put it aside. At that point put your tourniquet,
germ-free and bandages inside your span for beginning the IV and round out the
sticker.
2. Open your Normal Saline
Flush or draw up your Saline flush (on the off chance that you are not
utilizing the pre-filled syringes). Tip-When utilizing pre-filled syringes make
sure to evacuate the little air rise in the syringe (see the video underneath
for correct advances).
3. Flush your augmentation
tubing or top that you will utilize interface with the IV catheter.
4. Open the IV catheter
bundling.
