Title: (Optional) Identify the equipment necessary to gain intravenous (IV) or intraosseous (IO) access.
Course: Emergency Medical Technician III (14055-III) > Section: Assisting an Advanced Life Support (ALS) Provider with Advanced Procedures

Identification should include

- alcohol swabs or Betadine
- IV catheters or IO devices (of various sizes)
- IV tubing
- IV fluids
- securing devices.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What are the implications for an EMT’s scope of practice, related to IV and IO access?
- What are the steps in assembling IV equipment?
- What are differences in normal saline and lactated Ringer’s solutions?