Intravenous therapy (IV) - What, How, Why with flow / drop rates included
Channel: Claire Carmichael
Date: 2020-11-29

Intravenous therapy (IV) - What, How, Why with flow / drop rates included. A short vlog around IV therapy. What it is, why you have it, how you have it and some common machines used for it. As well as some drug calculations for you. 
RCN Drop / flow rates IV: https://www.rcn.org.uk/clinical-topics/safety-in-numbers/flow-rate-and-iv-drugs
NICE guidelines: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg174
RCNi Cannula's: https://journals.rcni.com/nursing-standard/use-of-closed-cannulae-in-peripheral-intravenous-cannulation-aop-ns.2017.e10713
and: https://is.muni.cz/do/rect/el/estud/lf/js19/osetrovatelske_postupy/web/pages_en/12-zajisteni_zilniho_vstupu.html
NHS clinical review of IV cannula: https://wwwmedia.supplychain.nhs.uk/media/Clinical_Review_Safety_Peripheral_Intravenous_Cannula_Report_October_2018.pdf 
Nurse net drug calculations for nurses: https://www.nursenet.uk/mathsfornurses/

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