How to start a 'painless' IV, everytime!

When people can't deal with IV pain, sometimes they just need a little "distraction" to get them through.

[docschro]

Can we get merch with "Its as easy as 1, 2, 3 stab in the knee." I'd buy that in a heartbeat

[brittanyw.]

The last time I had an iv was when I was 16 and blood pressure went way down and heart rate was way high. They needed dblodd samples but none of the nurses could get any so an anesthesiologist came in and get barely what they needed. I was then trasfered to different hospital cause they still couldn't find why my blood pressure and heart rate was like that. I still have that issue and that was 9 years ago. Normally it resolves its self though. But it makes me feel extremely feint and my vision super smokey. It can be scary when it happens though. Sometimes it does lead to hyperventilating but not always. Anyways the point is, it took 4 nurses and 1 anesthesiologist to get blood from me. I Wasn't being difficult or anything. My veins just didn't want to give.

[Gunslinger]

Just combine it all into using your IO drill. Get that flash every time !

[SweetNaeva]

Only one person has ever successfully given me a painless IV. And it was a kind older lady.

[Ogrematic]

Dude I love your videos you're so funny.

[getgonegranny]

I can't stop looping it! At 7...or maybe 8.... Ill let you know around Christmas...k?

[esteranthony]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 I thought you were going to break his finger!!

[ecoria-x]

Aw yeah, I remember getting the IV put in when my ankle exploded and thus got impaled on my shin bone (good times...), and the ambulance dude had to try a plethora of times before hitting something he could use - he felt way worse about it than I did, and I looked like a darn pincushion by the time we arrived at the hospital haha

[gamingjackal]

I was laughing so hard I started hyperventilating

[liachang]

This videos are hilarious. Please never stop

[Agnt]

"It's easy as 1, 2, 3, stab in the knee"

Wow, that sentence lul.

[alexanderhedglin]

Medical examiner: Cause of deaths, multiple stab wounds.

Family: But he went to the hospital for a sprained ankle....


Medical Examiner: About that...

[lukeescamilla]

In the veterinary field we distract cats by sliding them from one end of the table to the other so they are worried about falling off the end so we can give the shots.

[Ryarios]

I remember being very sick and in the hospital. They gave me an IV for the antibiotic treatment. The first one was ok. It hurt, but not bad. The antibiotic they were using was damaging to the vein so they had to move the IV every couple of days. The first time they switched the IV, the nurse was inexperienced and it was much more painful. She also ended up shooting my blood all over the bed, floor and walls. It looked a lot like a murder. Another nurse came in and squeaked at the sight.
What was interesting was about a week after I was finally released, I had to go to a surgical center for a procedure. I needed an IV then too. That nurse deadened the skin skin before inserting the IV. That was so much better. When I asked her about it, she told me that she didn’t know why more nurses didn’t do that. She also mentioned hearing about some poor guy who had his blood shot all over his hospital room by someone who didn’t know what they were doing...😬. That just cracked me up.

[legion]

"looks like he's using the ole distraction technique"
*Painful screaming in the background*

[Mke]

"I can't do needles man! I'm scared of needles" - patient with a full sleeve

[macmedic]

“I like what the Bible says about needles…


“It’s better to give than to receive.”

[lackven_art]

I've only ever had one nurse do an IV so got damn smooth on me in my mid teens (I'm a former frequent flyer in the ER, for mostly poor health and the occasional dumb injury) I asked him what his secret was for painless IVs...
"I spent a lot of time stabbing people in the back of moving vehicles."
This made me think of that nurse.

[Jkaufman]

I had a partner who used to right before getting access would you “HEY! This is gonna hurt you a lot more than it hurts me!” Which confused them just long enough they didn’t feel it.

[jasondraper]

Whenever I had to start a line on a conscious patient, l always told my driver to cut the next corner real sharp and run the rear wheels up and over the curb. Get the timing right and you can slip an 18 gauge antecubital right in as the patient slams back down on the gurney. Course if multiple lines were needed, we had to circle the block a couple times...