Conditions: IV Insertion Pain
Keywords: local anesthesia intravenous catheter
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 99
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
The purpose of this study is to compare how well different anesthetic, or numbing, solutions injected under the skin work in reducing the discomfort associated with placing a catheter in a vein. Two different medications, lidocaine and normal saline with benzyl alcohol, have been found to be effective in reducing discomfort when injected under the skin just prior to inserting the catheter. This study compares these two solutions, and will compare the discomfort that occurs both with and without using these solutions.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: 1% lidocaine intradermal injection arm 2: bacteriostatic normal saline (BNS) injection arm 3: usual care practice of no local anesthetic administration

Interventions: intervention 1: 1% lidocaine intervention 2: bacteriostatic normal saline (BNS)
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: None intervention 2: None

Protocol document: