I can properly train an unlicensed assistant to sterily insert an IV catheter. Having this ability for my technicians would certainly help me, at the very least, to practice emergency medicine, with the patient getting IV fluid administration (and perhaps saving a life) faster. I'm a solo practitioner, and 66% of my technicians have been with me more than 12 years. They will easily be able to learn the mechanics of putting in an IV catheter. I live in a very rural area and I can't afford a LVT, and one would probably not want to live in this area even if I could afford them. I think that most veterinarians would find that having their assistants have the ability to insert an IV catherter to be of major benefit, and the LVTs will feel that this is an intrusion on their practice. What needs to be remebered is that we are trying to make patient care better, and allowing an unliscensed, properly trained technician to insert IV catheters has no disadvantage.