Cool site on placing IV caths

[Whyevernot55]

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http://www.vetmed.wsu.edu/resources/Techniques/cephalic.aspx

One of our techs at work found this through VSPN the other day. Shows some nice images of setting and taping in catheters, and some good tips for people learning.

 

[thearsonist]

Nice post, I remember using a similar site back when I first started learning how to place catheters, pretty helpful.

oddly enough, i've never used a butterfly catheter for anything other than a thoracocentesis. Any medicines that are to be administered IV are usually given via ceph-caths that are placed during hospitalization.

 

[BlacKAT33]

this is great for those lacking clinical experience 😳 thanks!!

 

[Whyevernot55]

oddly enough, i've never used a butterfly catheter for anything other than a thoracocentesis. Any medicines that are to be administered IV are usually given via ceph-caths that are placed during hospitalization.

That's mostly what we use butterfly caths for, too, and abdominocentesis. Once, though, I had to set a butterfly cath for a cet euthanasia. Our head tech wasn't there that day (he can set an IV on ANYTHING), and no one could get a catheter in the poor cat because it was in such bad shape. I was able to get a butterfly in cephalic, which was a minor miracle in the circumstances.

BlacKat, glad you like it! I though it might be helpful!

 

[david594]

Now everyone take a good look at the picture of the skinned limb and where the cephalic vein and accessory cephalic vein are in relationship to each other. Tons of people make the mistake of calling the branch that runs to the medial aspect of the limb the accessory cephalic vein when its actually the cephalic vein.

Butteryfly caths are also great if your normal cath blows mid surgery. A little bit easier to place and tape down while the dog is on its back.