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Section 9 - Procedure Guidelines

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	* Check the drip chamber to make sure it is half full.		* Check the drip chamber to make sure it is half full.
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==Section 9 - Procedure Guidelines==
===9.25 PERIPHERAL IV ADMINISTRATION===

====Preparing the IV: ====
The E.M.S. personnel correctly assemble the components:
* IV solution.
* Micro drip, macro drip, blood set tubing, buretrol or dial-a-flow
* # 14 - #24 catheter over the needle, or butterfly needle.
* Venous tourniquet.
* Antiseptic swab.
* Gauze pad or adhesive bandage.
* Antibiotic ointment.
* Veniguard.

====Preparation:====
* Open IV bag for clarity, expiration date, etc.
* Examine the IV bag envelope at the edge where it is notched.
* Read the name of the solution.
* Open IV tubing.
* Close control valve below the drip chamber.
* Insert IV tubing in the IV solution bag port.
* Squeeze the drip chamber until the drip chamber is half full of solution.
* Uncap distal end of tubing and hold the cap so it does not become contaminated.
* Open the IV tubing valve to allow the solution to flow through until all bubbles are out of the tubing.
* Close the tubing valve and recap the distal end of the tube.

====Insertion:====
* Explain to the patient that an IV is going to be started.
* Place the tourniquet around the patient's arm proximal to the IV site.
* Palpate veins for resilience.
* Clean the skin with the antiseptic swab in an increasing sized concentric circle and follow it with an alcohol swab.
* Stabilize the vein distally with the paramedic's thumb/fingers.
* Enter the skin with the bevel of the needle facing upward.
* Enter the vein, obtain a flashback, and advance the catheter off of the catheter over the needle and remove the needle while compressing the proximal tip of the catheter to minimize blood loss.
* Remove the tourniquet.
* Connect IV tubing to the catheter.
* Open the IV clamp to assure free flow.
* Set IV infusion rate.

====Secure:====
* Tape gauze or adhesive bandage with antibiotic ointment over the insertion site of the skin.
* Secure the IV catheter and tubing with prepared tape.
* Recheck IV drip rate to make sure it is flowing at appropriate rate.

====Troubleshooting the IV, (if the IV is not working well):====
* Make sure the tourniquet is off.
* Check the IV insertion site for swelling.
* Check the IV tubing clamp to make sure it is open.
* Check the drip chamber to make sure it is half full.
* Lower the IV bag below IV site and watch for blood to return into the tubing.

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