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Slide, don’t tilt when in transverse for vascular access

27/07/202421/09/2022 by Bob Dunn

The Difficult IV access page has been updated with a correction to indicate you should slide, not tilt, the probe when following the needle tip during vascular access.

Categories Corrections, Updates Tags Resuscitation
Curvilinear probe for vascular access
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