A peripherally-inserted central catheter (PICC) line, is a long, soft, flexible tube inserted into a vein in the upper arm. Doctors use it to administer intravenous (IV) drugs, for instance ...

On Thursday, officials began trying to insert intravenous lines into the man ... his veins and apparently slicing into one of his arms in what is known as a “cutdown.” The account of that ...

Central lines generally feed into the superior vena cava. However, the initial injection site will typically be in the chest or arm. A direct IV injection, or IV push, involves injecting a ...

So much so that Perdue once saw an IV needle hanging onto No. 23's arm during practice. "Back then, if you knew a guy had a bad hand, you were going to find a way to whack it," Perdue said ...

It’s also called a central line. A CVC is also a thin tube, but it’s much longer than a regular IV. It typically goes into a large vein in your arm or chest. The key with CVCs is that they can ...