I.V. fail

[izzyscout21]

I chose to share this video both as a means of amusement and as a learning tool.

This vid was taken back in 2008 while I was delpoyed. Location is Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq.

points I wanted to make are:

1.) Get proper training. Even though you have the supplies, doesn't mean you are qualified with the procedure. Look at us in the vid. We are all trained in use and insertion of IV fluids, but that doesn't mean it's easy. Unless you are a lab tech or nurse and do dozens of these on a daily basis, chances are you are not getting it done on first stick.


2.) Stress plays a big role in this. Even though we seem at ease in the vid, we are in fact getting shot at. Just goes to show that under fire or under stress, things get harder to do.


3.) I am not volunteering to let anyone use my are for training....LOL..... seriously the only reason I am getting the IV is because I dysentery. What you don't see is the vomit all over the floor of the Stryker. Dysentery sucks. That's another lesson we have covered elsewhere on the forum

[izzyscout21]

let me try that again....

[izzyscout21]

fixed

[The Stig]

Video embed fail....

(now it's saying it's private)

[izzyscout21]

try it now

[The Stig]

Success!



ETA: I'll watch it in length later but you can clearly hear the gunfire in the background.

[Sniper-T]

My wife is a lab tech, and when we first started dating, she was the sole worker in the lab at a local hospital on the night shift, I used to go down, bring her lunch, or cofee, and visit... and play with things like this. With a little coaching from her, I was able to stick myself and her quite regularlyand easily. In a combat zone... I could see that success rate decreasing exponentially! lol

[Stormfeather]

The gang here where I am, we practice monthly giving IV's, as Izzy said, its a perishable skill, so we try to maintain it as much as possible. If you dont know what you are doing, you could actually end up hurting someone you want to help by improperly giving an IV.

[IDTANDY]

Good video.I keep Butterflys in my I.V.Kit.For a quick couple liters of fluid they are fine.Long term and large bore then the IV Cath.Though I have used large bore
Butterflys when nothing else worked short of Venous cutdown.

[Twitchy]

god izzy... that must have been a fun experience...

IV's are my least favorite part of the upcoming medical training, as i believe we learn via practicing on each other