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This film illustrates five simple but important practical procedures (venesection, putting up a drip, arterial puncture, lumbar puncture, and bladder catheterisation (male) ) , which are often poorly taught to medical students. If these techniques are learnt and followed, discomfort to the patient is minimised, and the chances of an inadvertent needlestick injury to the operator, or complications to the patient will be greatly reduced.

The film starts with a demonstration of the relevant anatomy of the structures in the neck on a pull-apart model. The technique of insertion of a CVP line over a Seldinger guide wire is shown first on one patient under local anaesthetic using the subclavian approach, and then on an anaesthetised patient using an internal jugular approach. The technique for measuring the central venous pressure is then shown, and the film finishes with a discussion...