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Introduction While undertaking percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) at a tertiary-care cardiology suite, radial artery access (RAA) has demonstrated the advantage of reduced bleeding-related complications as compared with the traditional femoral artery access.1 The utilisation of RAA has significantly increased, with a majority of UK hospitals adopting this approach as the preferred method. The National Institute for Cardiovascular Outcomes Research (NICOR) national dataset reported that in 2015, up to 80.5% of cases were undertaken via the RAA route, which was a significant rise from 2004 (10.2%).2 Compared with femoral angiography, rad

Introduction Central venous catheterisation is ubiquitous in hospital practice. Complications may occur in 10% of cases using surface landmark techniques.1,2 When used to locate vessels and give real-time guidance, ultrasound limits these complications.3 The UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) suggests ultrasound guidance is used for elective cannulation of the internal jugular vein. However, similar advantages are seen for cannulation of veins and arteries at other sites in elective and acute situations. Preparation Monitor the patient with pulse oximetry, electrocardiography and non-invasive blood pressure measur