Goomba38 said...

> Andy wrote:
>
>> Goomba38,
>>
>> Not sure about peripheral IV site but I was attached to the IV for 7
>> days non-stop and the IV location was changed every two days. Maybe to
>> prevent vein collapse. I left with some pretty good black and blue
>> marks on my arm.
>>
>> The sacks were clearly marked SODIUM CHLORIDE and POTASSIUM CHLORIDE.
>>
>> Occasionally, they'd interfere the flow of that stuff and shoot me full
>> of pain medicine through an auxiliary tube midstream along the way to
>> my arm. I'll never forget the "burn" of that stuff either, then "OK...
>> zzz"
>>
>> Andy
>
> Right.. we always "clearly mark" IV fluid bags with their contents. All
> I was saying was that there is nothing particularly unusual or
> remarkable about your getting IV fluids (non stop or intermittantly) for
> that time.
> Potassium can be pretty hard on veins, but you were getting no more than
> 10 mEq at a time if in the small bag and less per hour if in the large
> maintenance bag of fluids, because we can't (don't) put more than that
> through those tender peripheral veins. If you were in crisis you'd have
> had a different type of venous access.


OK, enough explaning. I was talking about my stay for pancreatitus. I
wasn't allowed to eat.

What class of patient does that put me in?

???

Andy