Complete guide to venipuncture techniques in children

Intravenous puncture in children will not have any effect on the body. It should be performed with the help of parents and doctors. An experienced nurse should be found for the puncture. Relatively speaking, older children will generally cooperate as long as the procedure is explained to them. There is a reason why doctors choose scalp puncture for children. Children's hands are chubby and difficult to handle, and the nurse may not be able to successfully puncture in one go. Therefore, you must maintain a good attitude during the process to reduce the failure rate.

1. Do a good job in the ideological work of parents and children: It is necessary to do a good job in the work of parents in advance, obtain the cooperation of parents, and ask parents to help fix the sick child and prevent him from moving around. As for school-age children, they understand certain principles and have a certain degree of self-control. As long as they gain their trust and the principles are explained clearly, they will cooperate with the treatment.

2. When performing intravenous puncture, you should choose a good location and blood vessel, and avoid puncturing at bone protrusions, joints, and venous valves. When performing intravenous puncture, the needle insertion angle should be 15-20 degrees. An angle that is too large or too small can easily pierce the blood vessel wall. In addition, the force and speed of needle insertion in different tissues are also different. When entering the subcutaneous tissue, you need to use greater force and faster speed; when puncturing the blood vessel wall and entering the vascular cavity, the force should be light, steady, and slow.

3. If you feel a sense of emptiness and no blood returns during puncture, do not rush to pull out the needle. You must try to confirm that the needle is indeed not in the blood vessel before re-puncturing. For example, you can separate the puncture needle and the infusion tube connector, gently pinch the lower part of the infusion tube, or use a syringe to connect the needle to insert the needle and draw out blood at the same time.

4. During the puncture process, you must maintain a calm and stable mental state to reduce the failure rate of puncture.

What parents need to do is to coax their children not to move around to avoid unsuccessful punctures that have to be taken out and done again. This is very troublesome and will cause pain to the children, so it is best for the nurse to move quickly and steadily and get it done before the children feel any pain. Parents should be careful to place their children's hands well to prevent blood from flowing back. Parents should be even more careful when some children use their heads.