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24-96-24-4 - correct answer✔✔-IV Tubing good for 24 hours ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
-IV site needs to be changed every 96 hours
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-TPN only good for 24 hours
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-blood can only hang for 4 hours ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
Main veins for IVs - correct answer✔✔-Cephalic
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-Basilic
-median cubital ||\\|//||
-Antebrachial
Tourniquet - correct answer✔✔-left on no longer than 2 minutes ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
Attempt policy - correct answer✔✔-2 attempts per nurse, 4 total attempts
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EMS/"dirty" IV lines - correct answer✔✔-need to be changed in 24 hours ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
Midline IVs - correct answer✔✔-look like peripherals, but only go to axilla
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-treat it like a peripheral
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-good for 29 days ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
, PICC lines - correct answer✔✔-used for therapy longer than 6 days
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-cant be inserted on side if mastectomy was done
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-dressing change q7days ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
Extravasation - correct answer✔✔-do not remove IV ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
-call pharmacy to see if there is an antidote that can be given
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Blood transfusions - correct answer✔✔-type and screen good for 3 days
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-be sure to check for consent
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-do pre transfusion vitals, and then 15 min after infusion
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-*must transfuse blood in 4 hours** ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
Veins - correct answer✔✔-do not pulsate and will collapse when pressed
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Aberrant artery - correct answer✔✔-artery that is unusually superficial ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
Superficial fascia - correct answer✔✔-the location of the veins used for venipuncture ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
Factors affecting ability to use veins - correct answer✔✔-extra body fat
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-excessive burns ||\\|//||
-IV drug use
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Basic vessel locations - correct answer✔✔-digital
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-metacarpal
-cephalic
-basilica