QUESTION: I am in the process of introducing iv therapy in to my practice. Its definitely more complex than i thought, I feel lost , Could you please give me some pointers for how to move forward?
Here is where i am, I took fundamental and advanced iv therapy from you at Bastyr two years ago, Meanwhile, I purchased the OANP web call. Are there any other class or trainings that you would recommend to do this safely?
As far as emergency medicine goes, I am ordering things that are mentioned on the emergency triage sheet from your Advanced IV class (oxygen, epinephrine, glucose gel, and first aid kit). Since its been two years since I took the class, is there anything that I should add? Could you please also recommend a good company to buy the ingredients from and for someone who is just starting off what are some of the basic formulas that i should prepare the ingredients for (i know this is a silly question since that all depends on what conditions that I’m treating), but I don’t want to spend too much money and have bunch of nutrients just sitting there.
ANSWER: You are off to a good start, mostly you have to move forward slowly and then see where your weak spots are. We do a lot of IV training’s through the year, and you will learn and become more comfortable the more you attend. As far as your Emergency medicine supplies, also get injectable Benadryl. Any medical supplier will have these. (Oxygen will come from an O2 supplier)
In the beginning, stick to basic vitamin and mineral formulas. Keep to the primary nutrients and you’ll have less waste. For basics I’d use Merit supply in LA and also get an account with McGuff Medical as well as McGuff Compounding. Once you are doing more you can use more compounding suppliers.
