2022 Volume 42 Issue 5 Pages 483-489
Pediatric ultrasound-guided peripheral vascular access（PUGPVA）has become a relatively easy technique in environments where high-performance ultrasound machines are readily available. PUGPVA can be difficult to apply since children’s peripheral vessels are thin and the elasticity of limbs and vessel walls can lead to the failure of puncture. Providers should improve the way they grasp the needle and use an ultrasound probe for appropriate manipulations and confirm the exact portion of the ultrasound probe that transmits ultrasound waves to estimate the optimal angle for needle puncture via simulation-based trainings. Anesthesiologists can educate not only other anesthesiologists but also pediatricians and pediatric cardiologists who desire to acquire PUGPVA skills. The ability to educate novices and improve their PUGPVA skills may be useful for the survival of anesthesiologists, as the work of anesthesiologists is gradually shifting to nurse anesthetists.
