DIVA Clinical Trial
Official title:
The "Peripheral Access Utilizing Sonographic Evaluation" Study
The purpose of this study is to reduce, by using the ultrasound guided technique, the minor surgical procedures that might be required to deliver fluids into the blood of critically ill patients simply because the patients' veins cannot be located through the manual technique.
The purpose of this study is to reduce, by using the ultrasound guided technique, the minor
surgical procedures that might be required to deliver fluids into the blood of critically ill
patients simply because the patients' veins cannot be located through the manual technique.
The ultrasound assisted technique will increase accessibility to small veins that might be
missed via the manual technique. The technique of using an ultrasound machine to assist the
administration of fluids into a patient's veins is called ultrasound guided peripheral
intravenous access (USGPIVA), while the traditional technique that uses only sight and touch
to locate a patient veins without machine assistance is called the traditional landmark
technique (TLT). The investigators will compare the effectiveness of USGPIVA with TLT in
terms of reducing complications and costs.
;