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Originally Posted by Lord Snow

Isn't a pic line basically an iv that's straight into the heart? I would imagine that type of procedure would be quite painful.

They put it in the upper arm, on the inside. It goes in a vein up the arm and close but not into the heart. It's not painful to have and when I got mine it was with a local, not completely sedated.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periph...entral_catheter

http://picclinenursing.com/picc_why.html