[ame]http://youtu.be/lifYwUfHYqY[/ame]
Not saying this is the best video, just posting for anyone interested. I will say don't put tape over the port, especially if it's been rumbling around in a pack with "dirty" hands. All you're going to do is compromise the site and introduce phlebitis.
If you are wanting to secure it to the patient, no need for the tape when you have the tegaderm anyway (transparent sheet/window dressing). Also, write the date and time of insertion on the tegaderm so you don't have to remember.
It's also a good idea to start the farthest from the patient's core, so more on the periphery (hand/wrist) as compared to the inner elbow, but if you need to refill a bunch of fluids, a larger bore needle/catheter and the inner elbow will probably be ok.
I'm not a "trainer", but I have done this quite a bit on the job
Not saying this is the best video, just posting for anyone interested. I will say don't put tape over the port, especially if it's been rumbling around in a pack with "dirty" hands. All you're going to do is compromise the site and introduce phlebitis.
If you are wanting to secure it to the patient, no need for the tape when you have the tegaderm anyway (transparent sheet/window dressing). Also, write the date and time of insertion on the tegaderm so you don't have to remember.
It's also a good idea to start the farthest from the patient's core, so more on the periphery (hand/wrist) as compared to the inner elbow, but if you need to refill a bunch of fluids, a larger bore needle/catheter and the inner elbow will probably be ok.
I'm not a "trainer", but I have done this quite a bit on the job