Anyone put in a-lines?

[teenycar]

Wondering if anyone has certification to put in a-lines and where you got it from. I'm working on cert. for picc lines and would like to do a lines as well.

[suzanne4, RN]

Depends on the facility as well as state. A-lines are used only in critical care areas and most of the time there are residents or intensivists there to place them.

They actually are not any different than placing an IV. Have done them in the past, but again, it depends on the locale of the facility as well as what you are covered.

Do not know of any certification programs available for inserting A-lines since they are not usually done by the RN.

[patwil73]

I've put in 2, but only by accident - trying to find a vein near the elbow

Otherwise our doc put them in at our facility.

Pat

[ACNP]

Ask a CRNA (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist) at your facility. We are trained to insert and monitor arterial lines. It is much like placing a 20g angiocath, except in an artery.