Ultrasound Peripheral IV Education Initiative in the Emergency Department
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Authors: Jennalee Cizenski, Upstate Medical University Christopher Woodard, SUNY Upstate
Since the advent of POCUS, it has become a reliable screening and diagnostic tool in the ED for providers to quickly identify various acute and life-threatening pathologies. IV placement is an important skill for EM physicians to be able to perform in order to help the team fast track care and support life-saving interventions. The education and exposure to POCUS-assisted procedures varies between institutions, and therefore this training largely occurs at the level of residency programs. It can be challenging to incorporate and promote POCUS-based procedures, therefore it is in the interest of leadership and faculty to identify barriers for performing these procedures. We recorded the number of procedural IVs done pre and post intervention and addressed the barrier of lack of knowledge or skill in performing US guided IVs. Education was done on performing and documenting/billing for these procedures as an intervention. Post-intervention, surveys were sent out to assess the impact of the educational initiative. Overall, more ultrasounds were done, recorded, and billed during this period, but it was not statistically significant. Through use of the survey, barriers to performing ultrasound PIVs and documenting the procedure were identified, and this warrants further investigation and intervention.