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Today's episode is going to be all about vascular access in the neonate.

In the sick neonate, vascular access is a necessity, but it can be quite difficult to obtain

due to the infrequent nature of these types of cases in the ED.

I personally think it's important to have multiple options available in case one method

of vascular access proves too difficult.

Our options for emergent vascular access in the neonate includes regular peripheral

IVs, scalp IVs, heel sticks, intra-osseous lines, and lastly, umbilical vein catheters.

Let's talk about each of these options a little bit in more detail.

Option number one, the regular peripheral IV.

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