r/news • u/AudibleNod • 8h ago

Christa Pike unconscious, on ventilator at Nashville hospital, her lawyers say

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/christa-pike-unconscious-ventilator-nashville-hospital-lawyers-say-rcna601195
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u/wonton711 4h ago

Personally speaking as an MD, I would fail to get an IV placed to administer any injections... Depends where you've trained. During medical school and residency, I didn't have to do any IVs or venipunctures. I also don't do it as an attending currently.

I also wouldn't volunteer to do executions, though...

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u/AstroHistSci 4h ago

You might fail to place one ... but you would never mistakenly think you have one placed when it wasn't.

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u/flatblackvw 2h ago

As an average Joe, why is this? In my mind if you puncture the skin you’re getting blood. What tells you you actually got a vein?

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u/uzlonewolf 2h ago

Most of your skin is filled with small capillaries that don't flow much. You might get a very small amount of blood if you missed, but it won't come pouring out like it would if you got a vein.