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[quote=Anonymous]"Heplock" is an outdated term medical professionals still use. I've been a nurse for 20 years and haven't put heparin in a peripheral IV for 17 of those 20 years. I imagine the reason for putting an IV in upon admission does make it easier because if the delivery isn't progressing as it should, the IV is one less step to worry about. Just because you normally have 'good veins' doesn't mean you will during a difficult labor. The body can clamp down, veins collapse and perhaps there isn't a person who can put an IV in very well. If it was me, I'd want the iv in as an insurance policy. One less thing to worry about because in an emergency, you'll need that IV and not having it in means there's a delay in intervention. That delay could be 15 minutes. Precious precious time. [/quote]
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