Failed attempts
Failed attempts
If your attempt fails, release the tourniquet, remove the cannula and apply pressure with the gauze.
Key Point
Check with your local policy, but typically cannulation should be attempted only twice. After two failed attempts, call for assistance from a colleague with current competence in PIVC insertion.
Click to enlarge - applying pressure to the site
Failed attempts
If your attempt fails, release the tourniquet, remove the cannula and apply pressure with the gauze.
Click to enlarge - applying pressure to the site
Key Point
Check with your local policy, but typically cannulation should be attempted only twice. After two failed attempts, call for assistance from a colleague with current competence in PIVC insertion.
