Idle peripheral intravenous cannulation: an observational cohort study of pre-hospital and emergency department practices

Table 1 Data captured from electronic ambulance report forms (eARFs)

Patient features	PIVC insertion features	Clinician features
Demographics, age, sex	Anatomical insertion site	Years of service
Presenting complaint	Cannula size/gauge	Clinicians scope of practice*
Triage category	Number of insertion attempts	Clinician medal number
Distance from scene to hospital (kms)	Insertion success (yes/no)
Time from scene to hospital (mins)	Complications^#
Time on scene (mins)	PIVC use (yes/no and if yes, what was it used for?)
Time of day

^*Clinicians scope of practice refers to the paramedic’s clinical level, paramedics included in the study were student paramedics, advanced care paramedics, critical care paramedics and High Acuity Response (HARU) paramedics
^#Arterial puncture/fluid extravasation/haematoma or haemorrhage/venous air embolus

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