title: Advances in cutdown techniques.
abstract: Emergency Department physicians must be expert in rapidly obtaining adequate intravenous access. Cutdown techniques are an essential part of this endeavor. We have described the step-by-step techniques of placement of a variety of upper- and lower-extremity cutdowns in the Emergency Department.
authors.affiliation: Harbor/UCLA Medical Center.
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Wax
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Talan
mesh_terms: D001815:Bloodletting; D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral / Q000379:methods*; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D012501:Saphenous Vein