SETUP
A. Filling the Venous System and Preparing
the Arm for Blood Draws
1.
Prepare the synthetic blood by filling the pint
bottle containing the synthetic blood concen-
trate with distilled water.
2.
Be sure the clamp on the IV tubing is closed,
and pour the synthetic blood into one of the
provided fluid supply bags. This will be IV Bag
A. Fill to 500 cc maximum.
3.
Hang IV Bag A no more than 18" (45.72 cm)
above the level of the arm.
4.
Attach the tubing on IV Bag A to one of the
shoulder tubes. Since this is a single tube loop
system it does not matter which tube you use.
This will now be the inlet tube.
5.
Use the second shoulder tube for draining;
this will be the outlet tube. With the outlet
shoulder tube in the basin (included), a sink,
or attached to the second IV Bag or IV Bag
B, make sure the clamp on the drain tube is
open. If using IV Bag B, ensure the clamp on
IV Bag B is also open. “Flush” the vascular sys-
tem with synthetic blood by slowly opening
the clamp on IV Bag A. Allow the system to
flush with synthetic blood until the air bubbles
are no longer seen passing through the outlet
shoulder tubing into the basin, sink, or IV Bag B.
(See Figure 19.)
6.
Close the clamp on the outlet shoulder tube
and, if using IV Bag B to close off the blood
outlet, the system is now filled and pressurized.
Be sure to leave the clamp on IV Bag A open.
The arm is ready to practice drawing blood.
Synthetic blood can be drawn anywhere along the
pathway of the vein.
B. Preparing the Arm for Intravenous Infusions
1.
Start with an “empty” unpressurized arm.
Close the clamp at the end of IV Bag A and
then fill with distilled water, 500 cc maximum.
Hang IV Bag A not more than 18" (45.72 cm)
above the arm.
2.
Ensure one of the tubes leading from the shoul-
der of the Injectable Training Arm is fitted with a
clamp. Attach fitting end of IV Bag A to the shoul-
der tubing with the clamp. Attach the fitting end
of IV Bag B to the remaining shoulder tube.
3.
With IV Bag B laying on the surface and IV Bag
A hanging, open the clamps on both bags
and the arm tube. Allow fluid to flow through
the Injectable Training Arm until air bubbles
are no longer seen flowing into IV Bag B. Close
the clamp on IV Bag B, the system is now pres-
surized.
(See Figure 20.)
4.
Insert IV needle (butterfly) in vein. “Flashback”
will indicate proper insertion.
5.
Close the clamp on IV Bag A and the clamp
on the arm tube. Disconnect IV Bag A from the
shoulder tubing. You may now use IV Bag A as
the infusion supply.
6.
Cleanse the IV site with distilled water and
insert IV needle or butterfly.
7.
Connect IV Bag A with the latex connector to the
IV needle or butterfly tubing.
(See Figure 21.)
8.
To start the IV flow, open the clamps on both
IV Bags A and B.
Figure 19
Figure 20
Figure 21
Latex Connector
A
A
B
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