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Table 5 Number of procedures performed: vascular access

From: A survey demonstrating that the procedural experience of residents in internal medicine, critical care and emergency medicine is poor: training in ultrasound is required to rectify this

Number of procedures

Peripheral venous access (N)

Central venous catheterization (N)

IM

CC

EM

IM

CC

EM

Technique

L

U

L

U

L

U

L

U

L

U

L

U

0

71

94

9

11

22

22

73

62

8

0

17

4

1–2

12

2

1

1

3

7

10

17

4

0

7

8

3–5

8

0

2

0

0

0

14

17

1

2

2

5

6–9

6

2

2

1

4

0

0

1

0

0

1

3

 ≥ 10

1

0

2

3

1

1

1

1

3

14

3

10

Total

98

98

16

16

30

30

98

98

16

16

30

30

  1. Data stratified by procedure, specialty and technique (i.e. L landmark, U ultrasound-guided) are presented as frequency. CC critical care, EM emergency medicine, IM internal medicine, L landmark, U ultrasound-guided