A new prototype device for rapid and safe IV insertion reduces pain in hospitalized children. The semi-automatic handheld device, called SAGIV, identifies veins, inserts a needle and withdraws it in a ...

Amy Reighard, RN, MSN, CGRN, clinical director of Allegheny Regional Endoscopy Center in Altoona, Pa., describes three ways her ambulatory surgery center worked to improve IV start times for ...

A vibrating device, used with a cold pack, relieves a child’s pain while emergency department caregivers insert an intravenous catheter, equally as well as the currently used anesthetic, topical ...

Peripheral intravenous catheters (PIVC) are the quickest and easiest way to gain vascular access in Emergency Department (ED) patients. Insertion of a PIVC is not without complications; discomfort, ...

Children's veins are small and sometimes difficult to access during necessary medical treatment. When caregivers used ultrasound to guide placement of intravenous (IV) lines in children with presumed ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Feverish and shaking, Cheryl Tate was relieved to finally be in the hands of the nurses and doctors at Liverpool Hospital. But their ...