Intravenous Therapy Course

IV Therapy Course A virtual Intravenous Therapy course , approved by Board of Vocational Nurses and Psychiatric Technicians Learn how to do IVs like a pro

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Course curriculum

1. Welcome to Intravenous Therapy Course!!!!
2. Current Standards of Practice
3. Who is this course for?
4. Frequently Asked Questions
5. Diagram of most commonly used veins
6. A Message from the Instructor
7. How to use this online course
8. Copyright
1. Introduction
2. Over the Needle Catheter
3. Parts of "Over The Needle Catheter"
4. Choosing your Gauge
5. Practicality
6. Color and Function of the IV Catheters
7. 26 Gauge and 24 gauge
8. 22 Gauge
9. 20 Gauge
10. 18 Gauge
11. 16 Gauge and 14 Gauge
12. Discontinuing Central IV Therapy
13. MIni-Quiz #1
1. Vein Anatomy and Phyisiology
2. Tunica Adventitia
3. Tunica Media
4. Tunica Intima
5. Valves
6. Veins of the Upper Extremities
7. Cephalic Vein
8. Basilic
9. Antecubital
10. Other sites
11. MIni Quiz #2
1. Purposes of IV Therapy
2. Peripheral Lines
3. External Jugular
4. Scalp Veins
5. Central Lines
6. Mini Quiz #3
1. Tourniquet
2. Use Gravity
3. Heating Pad
4. Using a Blood Pressure Cuff
5. Tapping the vein
6. Pumping
7. Accuvein
8. Mini Quiz #4
1. Smooth, Straight and Bouncy Veins
2. Start low and work your way up the arm
3. Superficial Veins
4. Crooked /Curvy Veins
5. Deep Veins
6. Bifurcated Veins
1. Veins to Avoid
2. Blown Veins
3. Joints
4. Valves
5. Torturous Veins
1. Equipment Needed for an Intravenous Stick
2. Basic Equipment for an IV Stick
1. Introduce Yourself
2. Prepare your Equipment
3. Apply The Tourniquet
4. Select a Site
5. Cleanse the Site
6. Stabilize the vein
7. Puncture the Vein
8. Watch for the Flash
9. Advance the Plastic Catheter
10. Release The Tourniquet then Connect the T-Connector (heparin lock/saline lock)
11. Secure with Tegaderm and Tape
1. Indications for Central Line Therapy
2. Central Lines VS. peripheral lines
3. Peripheral Lines Vs Central Lines
4. Routes for Central Lines
5. Patient Preparation of a Central LIne Insertion
6. Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter
7. Central Venous Catheters
8. Implantable Ports
9. Adverse Events that happen to Central Lines
10. Calculating IV Drip Rates
11. Formula to calculate the number of drops per minute
12. Crystalloid Solutions
13. Isotonic Solutions
14. Hypotonic Solutions
15. Hypertonic Solutions
16. Physiologic Responses to Crystalloid Solutions
17. Sodium Solutuions
18. Dextrose Solutions
19. Mixed Electrolyte Solutions
20. Colloid Solutions
21. Nonsynthetic or Syntethic Colloids
22. Indications for the Use of Colloids
23. Clinical Manifestations of Hypovolemic Shock
24. Albumin
25. Adverse Effects of Albumin
26. Plasma Protein Fraction (PPF)
27. Hespan
28. Dextran
29. Gelatin
30. Blood Component Therapy
31. Complete Blood Count (CBC)
32. Normal Adult Values onf the Complete Blood Count (CBC)
33. Types of Blood Components
34. Whole Blood
35. Packed Red Blood Cells
36. Fresh Frozen Plasma
37. Platelets
38. Albumin and Plasma Fraction
39. Clotting Factor and Cryoprecipitate
40. Blood Types and Compatibility
41. Possible combination of blood type phenotype and genotype
42. Process of Giving Blood Products
43. Verification Procedure
44. Monitoring for Transfusion Reactions
45. Febrile Nonhemolytic Reaction
46. Allergic Reactions
47. Ciculatory Overload
48. Bacteremia and Sepsis
49. General Protocols for Treating Transfusion Reactions
50. Parenteral Nutrition Therapy
51. Intravenous Pharmacologic Therapy
52. Selection of Vascular Access Sites for Children
53. Mini Quiz #5
1. Now What?

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Intravenous Therapy Course

Course curriculum

Chapter 1

Chapter 2: Basics of Intravenous Therapy

Chapter 3: Anatomy and Physiology of Veins

Chapter 4: Purposes of IV Therapy

Chapter 5: How to Make Them Pop Out !!!

Chapter 6: Which veins should I pick?

Chapter 7: Which Sites Do I Avoid?

Chapter 8: Equipment Needed

Chapter 9 : Standard Technique

Chapter 10: Central Lines and Basic Fluid and Electrolytes

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