Peripheral IV Insertion: Everything You Need to Know to Insert an IV

In this video, I am trying to cover everything I think you should know and do to successfully insert an IV. That's why this video is ungodly long. It includes everything that I make a point of discussing when I teach new employees how to place IVs for the first time.
The Catheter used is the BD Insyte Autoguard IV, the dressings shown are the Tegaderm IV Advanced, and the standard Tegaderm Transparent Film Dressing.
If watching a half an hour video on IV insertion isn't your thing, I also separated this into smaller videos focusing on specific steps and concepts.
• Peripheral IV Insertio... - Insertion Procedure
• Peripheral IV Insertio... - Tourniquet Application
• Peripheral IV Insertio... - Locating a Site
• Peripheral IV Insertio... - Catheter Gauge Selection
• Peripheral IV Insertio... - Dressing Application
• Peripheral IV Insertio... - Why Closing the Slide Clamp is Important

[@Rhettnorris09]

14:30 1. Flash. Stop. 2. Adjust needle < angle 3. Advance needle slightly. Stop. 4. Advance catheter Great video!

[@hdexx]

Wow great video and well detailed, thank you so much!!!!

[@noluthandosityana1659]

This is loud and clear thanks for demonstration

[@avoiradeingle1522]

You are by far the Most Excellent teacher !!!! Thank you !!!

[@nursingeducation3952]

That's high praise. Thank you. I take a lot of pride in my content, and I'm happy you find it helpful.

[@frankfromupstateny3796]

By far....the most comprehensive video on overall placement, thoughts about timing, when, what, how, etc. to do for I.V. Tx initiation that I've seen; I've seen alot of videos. Good thought processes, showing how with animations...etc. Great job....great theory teaching...etc. Cheers team.

[@nursingeducation3952]

Thank you so much. I take a lot of pride in my content. Thanks for appreciating everything!

[@TiaMooreYoung]

WOW I appreciate the time spent, knowledge, options, best practice, justifications... great resource. Loved the "what if" scenarios. A couple of typos threw me.

[@nursingeducation3952]

thank you. Sorry about the typos...I didn't notice them until the video was released into the wild.

[@mssmith9227]

Thank you for sharing this video! ❤

[@kaykanysha]

Best video ever

[@benjaminconder1964]

In my experience forearm veins especially in the elderly can be really poorly anchored and it can make it a lot more difficult to access, it is just another consideration people have to be aware of and something I see people starting out miss when placing IVs. It’s really important to see how much play there is with a vein and how likely it is to roll on insertion. I find myself fairly frequently choosing to go for a slightly smaller vein that is better anchored than a large vein that is very superficial or that I can see is going to be harder to anchor. Also using a circling technique around the limb can also help anchor more mobile veins.

[@avelinacortes9864]

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[@LeonCouch]

This is the best IV insertion video I've seen. Very clear, specific, step by step--showing what to do, not to do, and explaining why both in words and visually--without confusion. Also, the complete discussion of clamp, omitted in many videos, is appreciated. Thanks!

[@plk6234]

Best IV insertion video I ever watched. Very detailed! New subscriber.

[@nursingeducation3952]

Thank you!

[@canaanatkinson7830]

ok, understand clearly.

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[@alanijarrett3395]

You shouldn't have that much bleeding when you have you remove the needle. You are supposed to push above the IV to prevent the blood from leaking everywhere.

[@caprag.1991]

I never taught that method because they always pressed the site and contaminated it. BLOOD is GOOD :) means you are in the vein. :)

[@laurencelemuelayo9991]

whenever an IV is inserted in my arm, the next day 1/4 of the Ivs tubing is filled with my blood. Does moving my arm affect the placing of the catheter or i just have a moveable veins

[@nursingeducation3952]

It happens. Likely the slide clamp wasn't closed, which isn't uncommon, and it's not a huge deal really. You're blood pressure is just pushing and slowly working blood back up the tubing. Mostly, it just negatively impacts the longevity of the IV. Flushing the IV and making sure it keeps working will solve the issue.

[@elmayarah878]

Why do many nurses now insert the needle into the skin, Miss the vein and then start poking in all directions from the insertion point. It is basically fracking for blood. Then they consider that one try if they can’t get anything. At that point I’m going to have a huge bruise and reject that person trying again. But this seems to be normal now.

[@blujean912]

Who do you want to insert your IV then, your street corner drug dealer?

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