Vapocoolant Spray Used Prior to Intravenous (IV) Insertions

Summary

The primary purpose of this study is to determine if by offering a vapocoolant (cold spray) to hospital outpatients prior to an intravenous catheter (IV) insertion will increase patient satisfaction of IV insertion as well as determine if pain of insertion is decreased.

Timeline

Start

2017-02-27

Primary completion

2017-04-28

Completion

2017-04-28

Publications

• Background Griffith RJ, Jordan V, Herd D, Reed PW, Dalziel SR. Vapocoolants (cold spray) for pain treatment during intravenous cannulation. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016 Apr 26;4(4):CD009484. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009484.pub2.
• Background Levitt FC, Ziemba-Davis M. An exploratory study of patient preferences for pain management during intravenous insertion: maybe we should sweat the small stuff. J Perianesth Nurs. 2013 Aug;28(4):223-32. doi: 10.1016/j.jopan.2012.11.008.
• Background Mace SE. Prospective, randomized, double-blind controlled trial comparing vapocoolant spray vs placebo spray in adults undergoing venipuncture. Am J Emerg Med. 2016 May;34(5):798-804. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2016.01.002. Epub 2016 Jan 7.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.