Venous Cannulation for Medical Professionals

Medical Professional - Clinical

Venous cannulation is used for intravenous administration of fluids, drugs, parenteral nutrition, or radio opaque contrast media; also, to allow frequent or repeated blood sampling.

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Venous cannulation is used for intravenous administration of fluids, drugs, parenteral nutrition, or radio opaque contrast media; also, to allow frequent or repeated blood sampling. This module teaches you how to safely prepare for and perform the insertion of a venous cannula. Including both Learn and Test modes, the online simulator enables you to practice and tests your ability to insert a venous cannula in a forearm vein, with cross-sectional animations to enable understanding. Practice the steps of the procedure online as often as you want, until you feel confident.

If you are not a medical student or physician, you may prefer the other version of this module, which includes all the procedural information needed by professionals in other roles: /shop/clinical/medicinenursing/vascular-procedures/venous-cannulation

You’ll learn

pre-procedure considerations
how to prepare for a venous cannulation and identify the correct collection site
to practice and perfect your skills for venous cannulation
much more (see Content Details for more specific information)

Step 1 - Preparation

Step 1.1 - Tray preparation

Step 1.2 - Patient preparation

Step 1.3 - Operator preparation

Step 2 - Select a site and apply a tourniquet

Step 3 - Cleanse the site

Step 4 - Insert the needle

Step 5 - Advance the cannula into the vein

Step 6 - Flush the cannula

Step 7 - Secure the cannula

Describe and demonstrate the preparation for venous cannulation.
Describe and demonstrate correct identification of the venous cannulation site.
Describe and demonstrate various site specific variations to procedure techniques.
Identify and demonstrate the application of safety procedures.
List and describe the proper steps to perform venous cannulation.

The SIMTICS modules are all easy to use and web-based. This means they are available at any time as long as the learner has an internet connection. No special hardware or other equipment is required, other than a computer mouse for use in the simulations. Each of the SIMTICS modules covers one specific procedure or topic in detail. Each module contains:

an online simulation (available in Learn and Test modes)
descriptive text, which explains exactly how to perform that particular procedure including key terms and hyperlinks to references
2D images and a 3D model of applied anatomy for that particular topic
a step by step video demonstration by an expert
a quiz
a personal logbook that keeps track of all the modules the learner has studied and how long