While placing an intravenous catheter may seem like a simple task, if done incorrectly it could seriously infringe on a patients health. Patients can easily become septic from poor sanitary technique while placing the catheter. Not to mention, if the placement is performed incorrectly, part of the catheter can break off and form a deadly emboli within the patient. Lastly, if certain medications are addimisterd through an IV catheter that was not properly placed, the medication can cause severe damage to the surrounding tissue. Licensed personnel like myself  go through rigeriois training to assure issues like these do not arise. While a person can be trained on the job, they typically are not monitored at the level that is required when they first start performing invasive task. This is where problems arise. The first rule of Veterinary Medicine is do no harm. By allowing this to pass, we would be breaking this rule.