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For most of us even today inserting a Safety IV Cannula is still a difficult process no matter what. It is even more challenging when you have to perform this on an elderly patient. Yes you have read it right. Though the veins in the elderly patients seem to be visible most of the times, they are still very fragile. The reason behind this is that the elderly people tend to experience significant kind of changes when it comes to their skin, texture, depth, integrity, making them even more prone to tears and bruising. Also the veins turn out to have peripheral resistance which in turn may turn out to render them for unsuitable cannulation. Given below are some of the major tips you need to consider while inserting the safety iv cannula into their arm. Knowing the depth of the vein: This is generally done in order to determine how far you will be actually inserting the needle, and through which angle you will be inserting. Try and use the flat insertion angle that is approxima...

Now when it comes to the air bubbles, there always comes a question in mind. How can you prevent them? How do you actually get rid of them? And do you have to get worried about it in the first place. Generally in most of the cases it is believed that the entire process of safety IV cannula requires 50 ml of air resulting in the significant risk of life, where as there have been studies in which 20mls or less air has been infused in the hands of the patient resulting in the fatal air embolism. So now you can assure that it requires a huge volume of air in order to produce a life threatening risk of the air embolism. And much more to whatever we see with those small air bubbles that are appearing in the IV line. Remember every small amount of air that are known as the micro bubbles, do have the potential to migrate through the chambers of the heart and the pulmonary vascular bed. But this has never been a problem as this is something that is steadily absorbed, and in case ...