How to imagine IV (intravenous) cannulation - my attempt at drawing on IPAD/notability

[@NadegeBelle-z1b]

Thanks I watch and rewatch your videos several times I don't get tired watching them I am a nurse 🎉🎉🎉

[@NicoleHerewini]

Im a visual person and this helped me understand everything so much clearer. So thank you 🙏

[@ABCsofAnaesthesia]

You're so welcome!

[@michelefiorilla9714]

I've been cannulating for years and this video is revolutionary. Nobody else has addressed the area of 'imagining' before, and it has been what is missing for those of us who need to be able to imagine before we can do a job well. I struggle with being able to imagine or visualize where veins are in individuals who have very deep or hidden veins, are very obese, oedematous or have very dark skin. I can feel veins of course, but it is the tricky ones that I have a hard time. Could you do more on imagining veins, their size, location and how to find them when they're hiding (I already know where the veins are supposed to be obviously). I constantly want to improve to make things as easy as possible for my patients. Thanks so much. Also could you do a video on how is best to use red light to find veins if you just have a small torch and not a vein-finder, in all skin colours. Thanks.

[@Laringoskop]

Thank you very much! This is probably the best video about periferal vein cannilation that I've watched. And don't worry about your drawings, these are really intelligible.

[@ABCsofAnaesthesia]

Haha thank you!

[@mohammedishaq2616]

"This is simply the needle and how it interacts with the vein" the exact video I've been lookin for 💯 Thank you Doctor!

[@farah5804]

Your demonstration is very useful. Thanks!

[@SS-sj2wr]

I am an NZRN . I just followed the steps you said and I got a difficult vein access today… I’m soooo happy… Thanks a lot🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@ABCsofAnaesthesia]

Legend!

[@SS-sj2wr]

😊🙏🙏such a great teacher you are..

[@candicenicholas2560]

I use this channel all the time to teach my medical assistants :) best IV technique explanations!!

[@sarahphillips8005]

This is so helpful thankyou. I'm a midwifery student and this is the one skill I am struggling to get! I've been successful twice, but unsuccessful a handful of times. I'm determined to get it right, but just can get it. These videos help alot with understanding it all

[@userAl9893]

how are you doing now? :)

[@kennethlademora1414]

Great video!!! Thank you so much for giving a step-by-step approach on IV cannulation. It boost my confidence and enhances my nursing skills.

[@lokeshkoomarstyagee3718]

Can't thank you enough. You made my fear my strength. Thanks a lot From Canada

[@ABCsofAnaesthesia]

Very wise words! If we all look closely at our fears… perhaps they are all strengths and we just don’t know it yet ;)

[@f.h2701]

Thank you soo much!!! Best cannula insertion explanation ever 😭😭recommended to all my peers as well!! Feeling a lot more confident at practising on real veins now 😁pray for me 😅😅

[@jenniferreyes6978]

Just the explanation I needed. Thank you so much! Really helps! God bless you.

[@ARieLvsCutTaRi]

i watched your previous video about advance the sharp with flatten to the skin even makes the vein go up. yesterday i tried that method and so far, zero failed on 3 patients with small vein. really helpfull

[@ABCsofAnaesthesia]

Amazing!!

[@michelefiorilla9714]

@@ABCsofAnaesthesia Could you post a link to that video here. I'd like to see it too. Thanks. You are my favourite teacher!

[@isabels5460]

Thank you so very much for your video. It did help me to understand better what is it that I am doing with the needle LOL. I feel more confidence now that i know what i am doing. I cant really ask my professor he gets annoying. I am studding how to put eh contrast for MRI. Thanks again. Thumbs up !!!

[@lokeshkoomarstyagee3718]

Not just one of the best rather the best explanation for IV insertion. Could you please make a video regarding proper hand positioning for iv insertion.

[@karenbaldry8096]

Excellent Thankyou. I’m binge watching you 💙❤️

[@ABCsofAnaesthesia]

Haha thanks!

[@thelittlejennie]

Awesome video! Great explanation

[@debbier957]

THANK YOU! This makes it so easy to visualize.

[@ABCsofAnaesthesia]

You're welcome!

[@omeeshbisnathsingh8196]

Thank u very much dr..i just started on the operatiom room and want to be a anthesist assistant .for us to do that we must be able to succesfully put iv line for iv med escpecialy when the anthesiologist want to intubate the patient

[@MrWakka123]

as of this year have managed to safely insert green cannulas (when indicated) on a weekly basis, thank you so much

[@Robloxgrl123]

This was sooooohelpful!!! Thank you so much!

[@yawahenkoraamoakoh-dua7192]

Very helpful videos. Watched your first video on IV cannulation and after that I passed 3 neat ones but today I tried it on a paediatric patient that didn't go too well and that's why i am back here. Quick one, how do you stretch the skin on the forearm so you don't lose the visible vein. Also can you help with a video on the not too visible veins and also veins such as the external jug or femoral vein. T for thanks.

[@brendabrown1825]

Great educated video. Very helpful.

[@dummydumb707]

Thank u virtual teacher 💞❤️

[@ABCsofAnaesthesia]

Haha thanks!

[@aneesaidroos5400]

That was very helpful.Thank you so much!

[@ABCsofAnaesthesia]

My pleasure :)

[@বাঁধনহারা-র৫ত]

Thanks you so much, just explained the explanation i needed most , thank you again

[@JimisThings]

Hello! Have you tried using a clear straw as the vein when demonstrating insertion? Thank you for all the videos especially for IV insertion. Really helped me a lot in my practice. Very clear and calm manner in teaching. I’m sure for a lot of other clinicians benefited also.

[@InjusticeHater]

just grab an infusion tube and practise on your own... :-) I did that and it feels great too :D

[@JimisThings]

@@InjusticeHater oh yeah. That works too.

[@rmac4321]

Excellent!! I am a Neonatal RN and can't wait to try all these tips!! Do you ever start IV's in Premature babies? Tips?? Thank you!!

[@ABCsofAnaesthesia]

Hey! I have and i literally use all the tips from my iv cannulation playlist. Also the normal saline in the chamber trick. Theres a vid for that too. The one extra thing i do when i cant even see a vein, is using a torch light under the palm.. shining up to the dorsum. This allows me to see the shadow of veins. Ill then use all the tricks i have to get the vein now that i can see one.

[@thelign8422]

I really appreciate you sharing your expertise. I am a nurse and struggling in cannulation. But then came across your channel and voila, never been confident starting a line. There are still misses but not as much as before. Thank you! Also how do you prevent having blood in the punctured site upon inserting the needle during venepuncture? Oftentimes when I draw blood, upon inserting the needle blood will show in the punctured site. I don’t know what am I doing wrong. Others noticed it too. Hahaha

[@2244102]

Thank you very much

[@sk-gm4nq]

Thank you so much sir

[@daveandjolee]

You're awesome.

[@ABCsofAnaesthesia]

You are! ;)

[@mast3rmin3]

Do you ever bend the needle for a better angle approach? My last 4 IV’s have been great thanks for your help😄 I am left handed and I always stand when doing my ivs ,just don’t like sitting 😆 also can you do a video on the best way to tape the iv line on arms and my hardest the hand

[@shivmindi8153]

Hey I have one question! If you have a DVT of an upper limb like in Subclavian vein, can we insert iv canula in the peripheral veins of that limb?

[@ABCsofAnaesthesia]

Great question and tricky scenario! I would avoid that limb for cannulation if at all possible. Upper limb DVTs are an unusual site and usually will be managed by a haematologist. I would ask them for further advice about the cause, treatment and if caution needs to be taken when inserting iv cannulas in other parts of the body as well.

[@GonthorianPX]

What a legend

[@hemmojito]

20 22 ... XD good one!

[@afrathegreat9053]

I'm in my second week of housemanship, doing pediatrics. And it is a struggle.

[@solslastcannula5665]

One huge flaw in all your videos, which you strangely emphasise a lot, is the fact one should go “slow”. Slow is when you get rolled veins. Go fast.