critical care medicine
How To Do Femoral Vein Cannulation
Positioning for Femoral Vein Cannulation
Raise the bed to a comfortable height for you (ie, so you may stand straight while doing the procedure). Place the patient supine or in slight reverse Trendelenburg position (bed tilted with the head up) to distend the femoral vein. Comfortably abduct and externally rotate the leg. Retract a pannus or a urethral catheter away from the inguinal area using tape (or an assistant if needed). 