Step 1
Read Competency Goals:
- Identification of relevant veins and arteries: internal jugular/carotid, subclavian vein/ artery, axillary vein/artery, brachial vein/artery, radial artery, femoral vein/artery, peripheral veins such as basilic, cephalic, external jugular
- Differentiation of vein from artery based on anatomic position, compressibility, respirophasic changes Identification of normal anatomic variability such as vascular hypoplasia, variability of carotid artery position relative to internal jugular
- Identification of vascular thrombosis by direct visualization or by compression study
- Identification of adjacent non-venous structures such as sternocleidomastoid muscle, mass, lymph node
- Knowledge of the effects of patient position on anatomic topography: head/lower extremity rotation effects on overlap of the artery by the vein, effects of Trendelenburg position on vascular distention
