A client is in the emergency department with a burn calculated to be 35% TBSA. The nurse prepares the client for an IV insertion in which location?
What will be an ideal response?
A [subclavian vein]
Clients with burns greater than 25% TBSA are at great risk for hypovolemic shock and need flu-id resuscitation. The large volume of fluids this client needs will be delivered at a very rapid rate, so the IV needs to be a central venous catheter instead of a peripheral IV. All other sites are pe-ripheral sites.
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