**** 🩺 IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED (BUT NOT REQUIRED) THAT YOU ATTEND OUR BASIC IV INSERTION TRAINING BEFORE YOU ATTEND THIS COURSE 🩺****​​

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Session Details

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• Duration: 4-Hour Intensive Ultrasound-Guided PIV Insertion Training

• Format: Lecture • Demonstration • Hands-On Skills Lab

• Location: Disclosed at receipt of payment in full

• Max Participants: 8

• Instructor: LaKeita Walters-Swift, BSN, RN, VA-BC

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Learning Objectives

 

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

• 🔍 Identify ultrasound machine controls, probe types, and image-optimization settings

• 🩸 Visualize key upper-extremity veins (basilic, cephalic, antecubital) on ultrasound

• 🎯 Demonstrate in-plane and out-of-plane probe and needle-guidance techniques

• 🛡️ Establish and maintain aseptic probe covers and sterile fields for ultrasound-guided insertion

• 💉 Perform dynamic ultrasound-guided peripheral IV catheter placement with >95% first-stick success

• 🛠️ Troubleshoot common image-quality issues and anatomical challenges

• 📝 Accurately document ultrasound findings, procedure details, and patient education

 

Course Agenda

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--Welcome & Introductions
• Icebreaker
• Session overview & objectives

 

Lecture

--Module 1: Ultrasound Principles & Machine Operation
• Physics & image settings
• Probe handling

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--Module 2: Vascular Anatomy via Ultrasound
• Vessel identification
• Depth & diameter measurement

Lecture + Interactive Q&A

 

--Break—

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--Module 3: Aseptic Setup for Ultrasound-Guided IV
• Probe covers & gel management
• Field prep Demo + Guided Practice

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--Module 4: Hands-On Ultrasound-Guided PIV Lab
• Participant practice on phantom arms
• Real-time feedback (4:1 ratio) Hands-On Lab

 

--Break—

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--Module 5: Troubleshooting & Complication Management
• Image artefacts & collapsed veins
• Re-site criteria 

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--Module 6: Documentation & Patient Education
• Charting ultrasound findings
• Teaching points
• Session wrap-up & evaluation

Lecture + Group Discussion

 

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