I refused an IV with a heplock that they could use "just in case." Any nurse worth a dime can get one started ASAP -- and it was much more comfortable not to have any wires attached to me for mobility.
Seriously, it depends on the person. I have difficult veins, and it literally took 30 minutes and 4 nurses to get a hep lock in for my second birth. Since I know I have difficult veins, I have no problem with having a hep lock in situations like this -- whereas I do have a problem with having an IV "just in case".
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Date: 2007-12-20 05:23 pm (UTC)Seriously, it depends on the person. I have difficult veins, and it literally took 30 minutes and 4 nurses to get a hep lock in for my second birth. Since I know I have difficult veins, I have no problem with having a hep lock in situations like this -- whereas I do have a problem with having an IV "just in case".