Its also quite easy to find a vein in the hand as they are closest to the surface, but being boney it also hurts more going in.

Until i had and IV inserted as a patient, i had never really had that much sympathy (especially on night shifts) for people that complained LOADS about a sore IV... The insertion is NOT like an injection like i previously assumed, the gague of the needle is different and also it needs to go in on an angle so that also makes it more painful.

te 2 easiest places are on the top of the hand and in the elbow crease, however they are the WORST for patient comfort and they typically come out when moved a lot... Also you can easily occlude the line by bending your hand or elbow, so you may inadvertently stop the infusion that you are being given

The other thing to consider the best place for the pt is above the wrist area, BUT if you are dehydrated (like cos you have been fasting or cos there is not way you can think about drinking while in labour) it is significantly harder to find (so is more likely to be a stab in the dark so to speak).

HTH