Indications
- Administration of IV
fluids
- Administration of blood
products
- Administration of IV
therapy
- Confirm patient identity
- Communicate with the
patient
- Explain the procedure to
the patient and get his/her verbal consent
- Try to minimize the
patient distress
- Answer any questions the
patient has
- Gather the equipment
needed
- Non sterile pair of
gloves
- Kidney tray
- Tourniquet
- Sterile alcohol swabs
- IV Cannula of appropriate size
o Large
bore cannulas are needed for rapid / thick fluid administration. E.g. 16 gauge
gray canula
o The
commonest used in day to day practice for IV fluid administration and drug
administration are gauge 18 and 20
