Have you noticed that all the displayed digital clocks in Carle Foundation Hospital are in army time? Well, it sucks for those who can not read/tell army time. These clocks are usually posted up on the walls in the hallways. The regular clocks would be in the patients' rooms. About IV’s… What does IV stand for? What are some of the conveniences of using IV in hospitals? IV stands for Intravenous, which simply means within a vein. IV’s are essential because if a patient can not swallow medications, an alternative to taking pills would be inserting the medications in the IV. If a patient is experiencing pain and are in need of pain medications… then inserting the pain medications into the IV works faster in relieving the pain. This is because with the help of an IV needle, medications needed for the patient go directly in the bloodstream. They can last up to 3 days usually. Are there any alternatives to IV’s? Yes there most certainly is, and it would be PICC lines, which stands for a Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter. They can lasts for many week and/or months. Still, you can insert medications needed for the patients in the PICC line. It is also convenient because it minimizes number of pokes, no longer would have to be poked for something like a blood test. I briefly watched the insertion of the PICC line. It is a very sterile procedure. As they find the veins they watch from a x-ray and place jelly of the area in which the PICC line would be inserted.
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