IV Cannulae - How To Reduce Spreading MRSA

medifix Says:

Jan 30, 2008 - I have approved your comment because its interesting. I have worked in Paed Intensive care sine 1983 and have not only saved life of young children but also train doctors and nurses over the years. Grow up, young medic, life is not going to be easy for you

JudiG Says:

Feb 3, 2008 - Okay...I don't believe what I'm seeing. Did this poor child die? And did the parents sue? Why in HELL is this child being tortured like this? Who is the idiot in this video???

medifix Says:

Feb 3, 2008 - Any child who needs drugs, fluid blood given to keep them alive needs one cannula introduced. This is a life saving procedure. Child will die if we cannot introduce a cannula and offer treatment. So there is no question of sueing. If we fail to introduce a cannula and the child dies then tey may.

bladestricken Says:

Feb 3, 2008 - what is wrong with u! u fricken sicko how in the hell did u get a video like this

amandamarie15 Says:

Feb 6, 2008 - dang i feel bad for yu bby doll.people keep askin the same question.its funny how they cus u out nd they dont even know tht ur trying to help the baby hah

medifix Says:

Feb 7, 2008 - I don't think you have seen the video until the end. Yes the first bit is sick, so in the 2nd bit you can see an alternative and the last one is another method to make the technique easy.

nightingalemelody Says:

Feb 7, 2008 - As a nurse that cannulates, I found this video interesting. I like the way the needle is guarded and cannulation is accomplished using our given pair of hands instead of feeling a third is required!

sylviesangels Says:

Feb 11, 2008 - Lilike had many failed attempts to get an iv in her because she was not going to let them do that to her she would scream and thrash about. She could move her head everywhere so even putting an iv in her head like they were going to put in woud have been hard to do.

sylviesangels Says:

Feb 11, 2008 - My Lilike had a high white cell count at birth of a band nutrophil of 70%. Given 5 days of antibiotics through ivs & 2 doses through needles in the thigh. Blood was taken to test for infections. No infections were found. She had failed attempts when changing over ivs & leaked. I could see her pain as she was screaming & thrashing. She could not be soothed by a dummy. Wanting to put a iv in her scalp now saying thigh inections was another option I had, but it will hurt her.

sylviesangels Says:

Feb 11, 2008 - My daughter Lilike had a high white cell count at birth. A band nutrophil of 70%. No infection was found. They gave her 5 days of iv antibiotics and 2 doses by thigh. After failed attempts & Lilike screaming & thrashing. They asked to place a iv in her scalp. She could also have thigh injections but thigh injections would hurt.

sylviesangels Says:

Feb 11, 2008 - My daughter Lilike had a high white cell count at birth. A band nutrophil of 70%. No infection was found. They still gave her 5 days of iv antibiotics and 2 doses by thigh.

sylviesangels Says:

Feb 12, 2008 - They changed there minds about the scalp iv when I came back for her shaven hair and they did thigh injections instead, and she coped better with the needles in her thigh then the ivs.

grossepointepimp Says:

Feb 17, 2008 - the baby's arm doesn't look comfortable

tittina91kiss Says:

Feb 27, 2008 - oh my god! poor baby

medifix Says:

Feb 27, 2008 - Thanks, have you seen our contribution and how we are trying to reduce this trama ? check out other videos published by Medifix

kayleigh1998 Says:

Mar 3, 2008 - was this baby premature and in the neonatal intensive care?

medifix Says:

Mar 3, 2008 - Yes (Baby wt 600 gms). Average weight of babies < 4Kg. We sucessfuly cannulated in 1st attempt in 94%. (Ref: Anesth Analg 1992; 75, 859-68). Before we used our method, doctors had failed to cannulate these babies. We proved this technique reduce pain, stress and failure rate.

Victoria77P Says:

Mar 8, 2008 - OMG ! I hope the baby is ok now....

medifix Says:

Mar 9, 2008 - If doctors and nurses do not take care and practice strict aseptic technique, babies like this will not have a chance to survive.IV Cannula is a life saving technique, if infection is introduced during the procedure, this can be lethal.

stinkybean118 Says:

Mar 21, 2008 - poor baby. it didnt look comfortable. why did u make the video so long?

medifix Says:

Mar 21, 2008 - This procedure goes on every day in hospitals even today. We are telling the company to bring in changes to the technique and help us reduce trauma and spreading MRSA infections in hospitals

staphinfection Says:

Apr 2, 2008 - Way to use gloves.

medifix Says:

Apr 3, 2008 - Useing glove protect doctors and nurses and has no added advantage to you as a patients unless they use sterlized gloves.

tat2dMama68 Says:

Jun 28, 2008 - That happened to me when I was a teenager - I came into the ER for a severe vomiting from taking e-mycin. The nurse kept sticking me with the same IV in the same spot, kept pulling it out of my skin, then putting it back in, I kept telling them to stop and try another area in my arm but they didn't listen. They gave me droperitol for pain which gave me high anxiety. It was a bad experience, but luckily I never got an infection from the IV

medifix Says:

Jun 29, 2008 - Thank you for your comment. I wish there were more like you who add their comments. Last week I asked few doctors and nurses if they find cannulation technique dificult? most say they are experts. Shame, they will not only spread infection to others but the bug will infect their family and them in the end. "Truth is harder to accept than lies"