stellazio SG Bye bye guys,this is one of my earliest sign outs,dead tired quick wish me luck for my basic theory tmr..
the Bear SG good luck!! you'll be fine i didn't even have a book when i took both the basic and advanced.. and i passed them both
Rhonda SG Well, if you get a good vein, even a 20G would do the job well. We don't use needles larger than that, even on people who are active bleeders from severe trauma like RTA's (Road Traffic Accidents).
littlestream SG But what you have related is quite scary ley. How come practice on humans one? No dummies ah?
the Bear SG nah.. we use each other and heck.. all the time, we've been using 16G all the time.. to me, not much difference between 20G or 16G...
littlestream SG Rhonda, it's a bit slow tonight eh? Even I am tired and yawning. I think I go take a nap. If I don't see you when I check in again, you have a lovely weekend okay? And to the Bear and Gack247 too!
Gackt247 SG Nope.. for realism sake.. IV is conduct amond trainees. To illustrate how difficult is 16G, 1 guy in my platoon had to poke 7 times b4 in was successful. He needed his buddy n 3 more volunteers to accomplish tt stressful feat. Si bei jialat.
Rhonda SG It's not easy inserting an I/V cannula for sure! Some folks have good veins, which makes the task that much easier. Most of the time though, it's not as simple as it seems. We were taught how to do it, first on dummy arms, then on patients. I'm not good at it myself because most of the time, the paperwork and other clinical work makes me so busy that I end up calling the Medical Officers to set the plugs instead. In the ICU, we aren't even allowed to set I/V Cannulas. Anyways, almost all the patients in the ICU have Intra-Arterial (IA) lines and Central Venous Catheters so our blood-taking and IV meds administration is taken care of.
Rhonda SG Hmm... ok, looks like everyone else has quietly fallen asleep already! I'm the last one standing for tonight! Good night, everyone!!
