Jelco IV insertion tips

[dcolbert3]

These are the ones. Actually got a 20g in a pts hand last night. Technique is everything... I am now always advancing the catheter all the way before retracting my needle.

 

[Anjel]

We use them. I always forget to loosen the catheter before I stick. I've had a couple get stuck. And I could not get it to advance no matter how hard I tried.

I even held the needle and had my partner try and advance the catheter and it wouldn't budge.

I'm pretty sure I learned my lesson now. I haven't had any problems recently.

 

[Anjel]

Oh I didn't see the last post. That's not the kind we use.

That is. Most of ours don't have a safety guard either. Pull it out and it's just the needle.

 

[dcolbert3]

I actually like the old school ones where there is no safety guard and the needle just comes straight out. I had no troubles with those IV setups.

 

[NomadicMedic]

I actually like the old school ones where there is no safety guard and the needle just comes straight out. I had no troubles with those IV setups.

Unfortunately others did. I also remember sharps being stuck in anything soft, like the bench seat and stretcher mattress. Much better to have safety sharps.

 

[hogwiley]

Oh I didn't see the last post. That's not the kind we use.

That is. Most of ours don't have a safety guard either. Pull it out and it's just the needle.

These are definitely my favorite. When I was doing my medic clinicals I think I nailed my first 8 IVs with these, I thought I was an IV prodigy. Then I did shifts at another hospital that used another kind and my success rate dropped.

Where I work now we mostly use Jelco. I have mixed feelings about them.

 

[cruiseforever]

Unfortunately others did. I also remember sharps being stuck in anything soft, like the bench seat and stretcher mattress. Much better to have safety sharps.

Or just being left between the seat and the wall, just waiting to poke someone in the butt.