{"id":142553,"key":"TissueDB/Materials/Intravenous_fluid_bag","title":"TissueDB/Materials/Intravenous fluid bag","latest":{"id":1265108,"timestamp":"2026-09-04T14:05:10Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"{{TissueDB Material Layout\n| lead_paragraph = An '''intravenous fluid bag''' is a flexible clinical fluid container, and TissueDB builds use it in two distinct ways. In three builds it is the '''reservoir''' that drives a fluid circuit: hung for gravity feed in the Peripheral Intravenous Catheterization Trainer,<ref name=\"nln-caboodle2\" /> filled with red-dyed normal saline to feed a bleeding vessel in the REAL CRIC Trainer, where a faculty member squeezes it to control the bleeding,<ref name=\"kei2019\" /> and squeezed by hand in a pulsatile rhythm in the Hemorrhage Control Simulator to turn steady venous-type flow into arterial-type flow.<ref name=\"malik2021\" /> In the fourth it is the '''target''' rather than the supply: Carter et al. (2010) inject about 150&nbsp;mL of air into a one-litre bag until it is taut with a visible air–fluid level, and the trainee drains its fluid by Seldinger technique as the simulated pleural effusion.<ref name=\"carter2010\" /> The properties that carry both roles are that the bag is soft enough to compress by hand, holds an air–fluid interface once air is injected, and is available from ordinary clinical stores.\n| synonyms_text =\n* Common names: Intravenous fluid bag, IV fluid bag, IV bag, IVPB bag, saline bag, fluid bag\n* Forms recorded in the builds: one-litre bag of intravenous fluid; one-litre normal saline bag; IVPB bag of any size\n| tissues_rows = <tr>\n<td>[[TissueDB/Tissues/Pleural Effusion|Pleural effusion]]</td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n<td>[[TissueDB/Simulators/Multipurpose Thoracic Simulator (Carter)|Multipurpose Thoracic Simulator (Carter)]]</td>\n<td>One one-litre bag obtained from clinical stores, made taut by injecting about 150&nbsp;mL of air so that it shows a visible air–fluid level. At the thoracentesis station the trainee drains its fluid as the simulated effusion. No per-item price is stated in the source.<ref name=\"carter2010\" /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>(Structural — gravity-fed fluid reservoir; not a tissue simulant)</td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n<td>[[TissueDB/Simulators/Peripheral Intravenous Catheterization Trainer|Peripheral Intravenous Catheterization Trainer]]</td>\n<td>One IVPB bag of any size, hung as the gravity-fed reservoir that supplies the simulated vein so the trainee sees flashback and flow on a successful cannulation. No per-item price is stated in the source.<ref name=\"nln-caboodle2\" /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>(Structural — bleeding reservoir; not a tissue simulant)</td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n<td>[[TissueDB/Simulators/Cricothyrotomy Simulator (Kei)|Cricothyrotomy Simulator (Kei)]]</td>\n<td>One one-litre bag of [[TissueDB/Materials/Normal Saline|normal saline]] per session, mixed with 10&nbsp;mL of red food colouring ([[TissueDB/Materials/Ink or Dye|ink or dye]]). It is the reservoir for the IV-tubing vessel, and the faculty member squeezes the bag by hand to control the bleeding. No per-item price is stated.<ref name=\"kei2019\" /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>(Structural — bleeding reservoir; not a tissue simulant)</td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n<td>[[TissueDB/Simulators/Hemorrhage Control Simulator (Malik)|Hemorrhage Control Simulator (Malik)]]</td>\n<td>Each IV tubing line is attached to a saline bag, or a bottle, filled with fluid mixed with red food colouring or another red dye. Bleeding rate is set at the IV roller clamp, and compressing the bag by hand in a pulsatile rhythm produces arterial-type bleeding, so one leg can present more than one bleeding scenario. No per-item price is stated and the whole model is costed at under US$50.<ref name=\"malik2021\" /></td>\n</tr>\n| accessibility_notes = Carter et al. specify obtaining the bag from clinical stores, which makes it the one item in that build tied to a hospital supply chain rather than general retail.<ref name=\"carter2010\" /> None of the four sources prices the bag. The Peripheral Intravenous Catheterization Trainer source states only that the IVPB bag \"can be any size\", calls its materials inexpensive and readily available, and presents the build as a way to reuse IVPB bags, tubing and expired IV catheters.<ref name=\"nln-caboodle2\" /> Where the bag is used purely as a reservoir rather than as the drained target, Malik and Chhapra record that a bottle serves in its place.<ref name=\"malik2021\" />\n| processing = Used as supplied in three of the four builds. The Carter build is the exception: about 150&nbsp;mL of air is injected into the bag until it is taut and shows a visible air–fluid level, which is what makes the effusion drainable and visible.<ref name=\"carter2010\" /> In the Kei and Malik builds the contents are dyed red before use rather than the bag itself being modified.<ref name=\"kei2019\" /><ref name=\"malik2021\" />\n| description = Flexible clinical intravenous fluid bag, used as a gravity or hand-squeezed fluid reservoir in three builds and, with air injected, as the drainable pleural effusion in a fourth.\n| references =<references><ref name=\"carter2010\">Carter YM, Wilson BM, Hall E, Marshall MB (2010). \"Multipurpose Simulator for Technical Skill Development in Thoracic Surgery.\" ''Journal of Surgical Research'' 163(2):186–191. DOI: [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2010.04.051 10.1016/j.jss.2010.04.051]. PMID: [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20691997/ 20691997].</ref><ref name=\"kei2019\">Kei J, Mebust DP, Duggan LV. The REAL CRIC Trainer: Instructions for Building an Inexpensive, Realistic Cricothyrotomy Simulator with Skin and Tissue, Bleeding, and Flash of Air. ''Journal of Emergency Medicine'' 2019;56(4):426–430. DOI: [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2018.12.023 10.1016/j.jemermed.2018.12.023]. PMID: [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30685221/ 30685221].</ref><ref name=\"malik2021\">Malik OAA, Chhapra R. ''An Inexpensive model to teach hemorrhage control in resource limited settings.'' Pak J Med Sci 2021;37(3):916–918. [https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.37.3.3517 doi:10.12669/pjms.37.3.3517]. [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34104189/ PMID 34104189]. [https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8155406/ PMC8155406]. Open Access CC BY 3.0.</ref><ref name=\"nln-caboodle2\">Stephanie McKee. \"Caboodle Noodle 2.0.\" NLN SIRC HomeGrown Solutions, Solution 394. National League for Nursing / INACSL. [https://www.nln.org/education/education/sirc/sirc/sirc-homegrown-solutions/sirc-hgs-everyday-issues/caboodle-noodle-2-f403cd5c-7836-6c70-9642-ff00005f0421 NLN website]. Retrieved 27 July 2026.</ref>\n</references>\n}}\n\n{{TissueDB synonym data\n| synonyms = intravenous fluid bag, IV fluid bag, IV bag, IVPB bag, saline bag\n}}\n\n{{Page data}}\n\n[[Category:TissueDB]]"}