Emergency Medicine Physician Corewell Health Royal Oak, Michigan
Disclosure(s):
S. Matthew Gibson, RN, CRNI VA-BC CPUI: No relevant disclosure to display
Amit Bahl, MD MPH: No relevant disclosure to display
During infusions, activities of daily living continue. Patients need to use the rest room, eat, ambulate or, perhaps, roll over in the bed. Tubing pulls on the site and causes movement of the catheter externally. However, what is happening inside the vein. No studies have ever show how the catheter moves inside the vein or how the catheter tip may interact with the vessel wall. This study will measure the movement of the catheter under various pull forces and will describe how the catheter interacts with the vein wall. We will show unexplored aspects that may contribute catheter failures.
Learning Objectives:
Describe how vessel wall damage occurs and how this damage can lead to failure
Demonstrate movement of PIV catheter movement by external forces through ultrasound observation
Describe how the catheter and catheter tip interacts with the vessel wall with movement
Discuss how depth, diameter and catheter tip angle may affect failure with catheter movement
