Advanced Practice: Catheter Flow Rates
Tue, 10/02/2018 - 11:32am
Editor:
Flow Rates of Common Vascular Catheters
|
Color |
Size |
Flow Rate |
|
|
Standard Pink IV |
PINK |
20 G |
64 cc/minute |
|
Standard Green IV |
GREEN |
18 G |
98 cc/minute |
|
Standard Grey IV |
GREY |
16 G |
155 cc/minute |
|
Standard Orange IV |
ORANGE |
14 G |
236 cc/minute |
|
Triple Lumen Catheter |
WHITE proximal, BLUE medial, BROWN Distal |
18 G, 18 G, 16 G |
30 cc/minute, 30 cc/minute, 69 cc/minute |
|
Sheath Introducer (Cordis) |
Varies |
8.5 French |
126 cc/minute |
References
- Marino, Paul L. Marino's the ICU Book. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2013.
- Reddick, Andrew D., Julie Ronald, and William G. Morrison. "Intravenous fluid resuscitation: was Poiseuille right?." Emergency Medicine Journal (2010): emj-2009.