Presented by Steven Baldwin, MD

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Prolonged stress, delays in care, and patient deterioration can occur when repeated attempts to establish venous access are unsuccessful. Subcutaneous infusions can be quickly established with less stress, delays in care, and patient deterioration and represent a method to avoid higher risk procedures (ie, central venous catheters) to achieve fluid or medication infusions. During this webinar, Dr. Steven Baldwin will review indications and techniques for administering these infusions.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, the attendee should be able to:

• Describe the potential for subcutaneous infusions to be used as an alternative to traditional intravenous infusion techniques when intravenous access cannot be  readily achieved.
• Utilize reference guidelines for performing subcutaneous infusions when indicated.
• Develop processes that allow healthcare staff to initiate subcutaneous infusions when other methods of infusing fluids or medications fail or cannot be successfully achieved in a timely manner without multiple failures and/or prolonged discomfort/pain to the patient.