Business Description
An IV cannula is a procedure that is utilized in order to place a cannula into a vein in order to provide some form of venous access. This sort of access will allow medical professionals to get a blood sample, as well as infusing fluids to the patient to avoid dehydration and at the same time, providing vital nutrients, medications, chemotherapy and other transfusion.The cannula itself is a small tube that is inserted into the body in order to either deliver or remove fluid or for gather data that can be examined to recognize potential problems that a patient is experiencing.
The IV cannula is tiny and very flexible, so it can easily go into one of your many veins. The most common place for it to be inserted is the back of the hand or into the arm. One of the ends will lie inside of your vein while the other end has a small valve that sort of looks similar to a tap.
Once the cannula has been carefully inserted in a sterilized and careful manner and there are no other hitches along the way, it can usually stay in the vein for three days or so.
Different Types of IV Gauge Needles
One of the of the important things to know when starting an IV is the proper needle size to use. IV needles are sized by gauges, and the smaller the gauge number, the bigger the needle will be.
As a new nurse, you may find it complicated to spot the different sized gauges. Luckily, most manufacturers color code their IV needles. Here’s a little rhyme you can use to help you remember what colors correspond to what sized gauge: 22 is blue and 18 is green. Pink is the one in the middle.
Uses and Applications
A venous cannula is inserted into a vein, primarily for the administration of intravenous fluids, obtaining blood samples and managing medicines. An arterial cannula is inserted into an artery, usually the radial vein, and is used during major operations and in critical care areas to measure beat-to-beat blood pressure and to draw repeated blood samples. IV Cannula has veterinary use, nasal or oral use too. Cannula can also be used for piercing. The common uses are rapid transfusion of blood, transfusion of IV drugs. Pediatric patients or adults with small veins undergoing long term medication or blood transfusion are subjected to IV Cannula. It is also used on oncology patients undergoing Chemotherapy.
