Ultrasound‐Guided Peripheral Intravenous Catheter Training Results in Physician‐Level Success for Emergency Department Technicians

• Published in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine Vol. 35; no. 11; pp. 2343 - 2352
• Main Authors: Duran-Gehring, Petra, Bryant, Laurie, Reynolds, Jennifer A., Aldridge, Petra, Kalynych, Colleen J., Guirgis, Faheem W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine 01.11.2016
• Subjects: Adolescent; Catheterization, Peripheral - methods; Catheterization, Peripheral - statistics & numerical data; Child; Clinical Competence - statistics & numerical data; difficult intravenous access; Emergency Medical Technicians - statistics & numerical data; emergency medicine; Female; Humans; intravenous catheters; Male; Prospective Studies; Retrospective Studies; Ultrasonics - education; Ultrasonography, Interventional - methods; Ultrasonography, Interventional - statistics & numerical data; ultrasound training; ultrasound-guided procedures; venous access; ultrasound training; ultrasound-guided procedures; venous access; emergency medicine; intravenous catheters; difficult intravenous access

Objectives To report our success and complication rates with emergency department (ED) technician–performed ultrasound (US)‐guided peripheral intravenous (IV) catheter placement and to compare our results to similar studies in the literature. Methods We conducted a retrospective review of a prospect...