IV and Phlebotomy Practice Kit for Training Nurses and Phlebotomists to Perform Venipuncture Techniques and Procedures with Confidence | Phlebotomy Supplies, IV Supplies, Nursing Student Supplies

Have punctured it around 8 or 9 times now and shows good reusability. Good value. Instructions could be clearer but we managed alright!

It’s just ok. One tiny needle, but I suppose you can practice the technique in the 2 fake veins

I’m a paramedic of 15+ years, and use IV cannulation fairly regularly out ‘on the road’.I remember having something similar to practice on when I was training, many years ago, and found it really helpful.I thought this looked like a fab bit of kit.It comes with a leaflet (including a QR code) which explains how to set up and use the kit in order to get the most out of it.My (EMT) crewmate is about to start his Paramedic degree course, so I thought I’d get this kit for us to use when the time comes for him to start practicing his cannulation skills.As a student paramedic mentor, I love the idea of having something realistic, safe, and interesting to practice on, outside of the formal classroom environment, before they are let lose on real life patients!I had a little go with it and found it was actually very good. The foam part, with the very large spongy veins, can be worn on an arm for authenticity, or placed on a desk, and is good for beginners to learn landmarks and get a feel for veins.I like the idea of the IV drip bag, when filled with saline and red food colouring, causes the vein to ‘bleed’, so you can watch for flashback and if you don’t cap the cannula properly it will trickle out like blood, causing a big mess… another valuable lesson!It comes with a single needle on a syringe, no actual cannulas. We’ll need to acquire a few extra bits from work to get the best experience from this set, and enable us to use it in a more ‘true to life’ ambulance setting, eg: Small bore cannulas, sharps box, veca fix.A useful and interesting learning tool for anyone in the medical field undertaking IV cannulation training, would recommend.

The media could not be loaded. This set provides everything to practice a bunch of procedures.So I simply wanted to know if I would be able to “Draw blood”, “set up a iv”, or “Give an injection”, and this kit has everything I needed to try, I really like how the “Injection arm”, has a layer of what would be dermis ,so if I did it wrong it would show up(I demonstrate in video), and that it can also be securely placed onto someone’s arm to give a more realistic experience.All of the equipment seems well done, the needles are sharp and easy to insert if done correctly, and the tubes all sit well, with valves etc.It’s obvious by my video I’m not a medic, but it’s nice to know kits like this are available for students etc to use for as much practice as they’d like.All in all, this is a really useful, well thought out kit.

Our medical students undergo clinical skills training in our Education Centre before they go onto the wards. The skills centre has model arms which are used for the students to practice taking blood (phlebotomy) and cannulation. Whilst the practice arms are useful, the only patients will similar looking veins are body builders, which is not representative of the rest of the general population. Students also have to use a far steeper approach to cannula insertion as the rubbery skin on these models is quite thick, which does not work on real patients.I tested this kit on medical students who had recently been trained using the standard arms. The first comment was that by strapping this onto a human arm, the students can practice their soft non-technical skills, introducing themselves to the patient, explaining what is going to happen and making patient feel at ease before the procedure. This is far more realistic than trying to do this to an isolated rubber arm.We then practiced inserting intravenous cannulas into the Kit. This gave the students a great opportunity to learn how to insert the needle into the vein to obtain flashback, pull back the needle and then thread the catheter up into the vein before attaching a sterile occlusive dressing. The kit was easy to use and realistic. As a teaching aid, it was easy to set up and allowed me to educate students about the key learning points associated with the clinical task.

Item description says it comes with a free accredited course however it doesn't. There is nothing in the box nor their website to claim the free course either.

I’m not reviewing this as someone in the medical profession but as some who has some prior experience and who is also terrified of needles and having blood taken (my veins run off the second they see a needle!).My mother who is a recently retired nurse of more decades than she cares to admit helped me assemble and use this training aide and she was very pleased with the effectiveness of it and how well it simulated the process of gaining IV entry.Setting the kit up took around 10 minutes, but that was with the assistance of my experienced mum so I’m not sure if it would take a bit longer for a total novice.We made the saline solution up based on the instructions and used a couple of drops of red food colouring to simulate blood.You’re only provided with one needle/syringe and it would have been nice to maybe have been given a few more in the set as the needle will blunt quite quickly from use and this will potentially hinder the effectiveness of your method.I like that the simulation skin/arm can be attached to your real arm so that you can get a much better idea of positioning and the working area/position you’d have on an actual person.Overall, I’m really pleased - it’s definitely allowing me to understand the process and by demystifying it, I think I’ll feel more comfortable with future visits to the Vampires (as we call phlebotomists in our family!).