The white out is due to air, not lidocaine. Just get all the air out of the syringe before starting and that should not happen.
Nancy Moureau, BSN, CRNI PICC Excellence, Inc [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1-888-714-1951 ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Jonathan Rolt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 13:18:36 -0400 > >Does anyone know how long injected lidocaine takes to absorb? I have a few >pts that require lido almost all the way down to the vein before thet can >tolerate the procedure, but then I get a white out on the screen of the >ultrasound. I seen the IR doc do it before and have no problems? Do you >then have to move up the vein until you can see again and just make a longer >angle through the spot? Or is there a time frame, after so many minutes the >view comes back? We end up sending some of them down to the OR and they end >up with a surgical central line which could be prevented if I can figure >this out. Also does any one have the OR put in lines under >sedation/conscious sedation I would like to be able to look into that . Have >the MD order/do the sedation but still go with a PICC whether its done by >us or not. > > > >
