Cannulation

Synopsis

The St George’s Clinical Skills series is designed as a teaching and revision tool for undergraduate medical and healthcare students. Good technique is demonstrated to provide step by step guides using live action and animation. Where appropriate, relevant anatomy and physiology is also covered to create an in depth understanding of each technique. All programmes are designed with full menus to enable viewing of the full programme or selective sections — particularly helpful for revision purposes

This programme is in five sections.The first three cover the Anatomy, Equipment and Technique of Cannulation, and the final two the equipment and technique of integrating venepucture with cannulation. In all cases both live action and animations are used to cover: Cannulation; Anatomy; Location of veins in hand and forearm; Identification of suitable sites; Avoiding venous valves; Equipment Types of cannulae; Selecting the correct cannula; Other equipment required; Technique Preparation of the patient; Detailed technique of cannulation; Indications of successful cannulation; Removal and disposal; Integration of cannulation and venepuncture; Equipment Type of Vacutainer to use with cannulae; Technique Detailed technique for taking venous blood samples via cannula.

Series

St George’s Clinical Skills, Series

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Year of release

2007

Year of production

2005

Subjects

Medical sciences

Keywords

haematology; cannulation

Credits

Writer

Scarpa Shoeman

Distribution Formats

Type

DVD

Format

Region 2 PAL

Price

£23.50

Availability

Sale

Duration/Size

15 minutes

Year

2007

Distributor

Name

St George’s Media Services

Contact

David Cleverly

Email

d.cleverly@sgul.ac.uk

Web

http://www.sgul.ac.uk/services/productions-available External site opens in new window

Phone

020 8725 2701

Fax

020 8725 0075

Address

Cranmer Terrace
London
SW17 0RE

Notes

A range of programmes produced by St George’s Media Services for use in patient education or medical training, including a continuing series on clinical skills. Sale on DVD.