stripping an IV Vs. Establish IV

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Need help studying for A.O. position.
I know that EMT's can strip an IV but what does establish an IV mean?
Would establishing an IV be BLS or ALS?

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slewy said:
Need help studying for A.O. position.
I know that EMT's can strip an IV but what does establish an IV mean?
Would establishing an IV be BLS or ALS?

Thanks
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Establishing an IV line would likely mean starting an IV line.
 
Same answer as above.
 
Thank you, for some reason it was just throwing me off and was over thinking it. I was thinking it would be called starting a line to get vein access for ALS and establishing a line would be where the EMT comes into play. Basically I was thinking stripping/establishing were the same thing.
 
What the heck is stripping an IV? That's a term I've never heard. Maybe discontinue?
 
chaz90 said:
What the heck is stripping an IV? That's a term I've never heard. Maybe discontinue?
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Glad I'm not the only one :unsure:
 
chaz90 said:
What the heck is stripping an IV? That's a term I've never heard. Maybe discontinue?
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Stripping an IV is normally getting the IV ready to be placed. So getting the Saline out of the bag and connecting it with a drop chamber and tubing along with attaching a Saline Lock to it and then flushing out all of the air from the tubing.

So all the medic has to do is place the needle, draw blood (if in protocols), and then attach the end of the tubing to the cath.
 
firefite said:
Stripping an IV is normally getting the IV ready to be placed. So getting the Saline out of the bag and connecting it with a drop chamber and tubing along with attaching a Saline Lock to it and then flushing out all of the air from the tubing.

So all the medic has to do is place the needle, draw blood (if in protocols), and then attach the end of the tubing to the cath.
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I have always understood that as "flooding" the IV line. Effectively it is the same thing as what you have described. So, I guess I have learned a new (to me) term for the normal activity of getting an IV line ready for use.
 
Akulahawk said:
I have always understood that as "flooding" the IV line. Effectively it is the same thing as what you have described. So, I guess I have learned a new (to me) term for the normal activity of getting an IV line ready for use.
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I haven't heard either term, I've always just said 'prepping' the line.

I also would prefer to do it myself unless absolutely necessary. I'm rather particular about how I like things laid out and prepared. It's not like it takes very long...
 
I have heard the term before but it had a different meaning. Where I heard it it meant taking out a line.
 
For my area it is common for EMT programs to teach "stripping a IV" "spiking a bag". There are several names for it.

It is also very common for medics to ask for it to be done due to short transport times. The medic will start the IV and draw blood as I set the IV up.
 
Here in California, I hear it from almost every paramedic. "Hey strip me an IV bag."
 
Just something that shows the regional differences in terminology. It's pretty much inevitable in a country this size. I know I was given some pretty blank stares the first time I asked someone to go get the "pram" out here on the east coast. Apparently that's an exclusively Colorado thing to call the stretcher. That and using "Code 3" and "Code 2" to signify emergent vs. non-emergent.
 
That's interesting how different areas have their own slang. I've never heard of the word pram to describe a "stretcher," we use gurney.
 
In my area, San Francisco Bay Area, I've only heard "spike" eg "Can you spike normal saline for me?"
 
It is spike a bag and flush the line. And pram is the British English term for gurney.
 
We use stretcher to say stretcher...
 
chaz90 said:
Just something that shows the regional differences in terminology. It's pretty much inevitable in a country this size. I know I was given some pretty blank stares the first time I asked someone to go get the "pram" out here on the east coast. Apparently that's an exclusively Colorado thing to call the stretcher. That and using "Code 3" and "Code 2" to signify emergent vs. non-emergent.
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Especially because a pram is a basket with wheels that you put a baby in.
 
Wait, what? Do I actually know term that you guys don't? *enjoys this for a moment* :rofl:

Stripping means to pinch the tube with your fingers and push the contents down by sliding your fingers down the line.. It's done (or USED TO be done) when IVs are running slow or aren't running at all, or there's a suspected blockage in the patient's vein.

You're not supposed to do it.. Like, ever.. It creates a high pressure at the IV site, and you can push clots or anything else off the cannula site back up into the patients' vein, and you can rupture a vein..
 
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