Cannulise (Verb)
Meaning
Introduce a cannula or tube into; "Cannulate the blood vessel in the neck".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The doctor carefully prepared to cannulise the patient's vein in her arm for the chemotherapy treatment.
- The nurse attempted to cannulise the elderly patient's collapsed blood vessel several times before finally succeeding.
- It can be a delicate process to cannulise the airway of a patient with a neck injury without causing further damage.
- The surgeon successfully managed to cannulise the aorta during the complex heart surgery operation.
- In a medical emergency situation, it is essential for first responders to know how to cannulise an airway safely and quickly.