Reizah May Osdaña
Head Nurse
Medical support
IV Drip
Restorative therapy at home.
- Physician review before a first infusion
- Registered nurses administer, never delegated
- The nurse stays for the whole infusion
- Sterile, single-use consumables
What we give, and how
Infusions we deliver at home, always within what the reviewing physician has prescribed.
Hydration therapy
Isotonic fluid replacement for dehydration following illness, heat exposure or reduced intake, at a rate the reviewing physician sets.
Vitamin and mineral infusions
Vitamin C, B-complex, magnesium and iron preparations, where a physician has identified a deficiency or a clinical indication for the intravenous route.
Screening before the first infusion
History, allergies, kidney and cardiac considerations and current medication are all reviewed before anything is prescribed. Some people are told no.
Monitored start to finish
The nurse stays for the entire infusion. Vital signs at baseline and at intervals, and the line watched rather than left to run unattended.
Courses with review points
Where a course is indicated it is scheduled at proper intervals with points to reassess, not sold as an open-ended subscription.
Documented and shareable
What was given, at what rate, and how you tolerated it — recorded after every session and sent to your physician on request.
Who this is for
- Dehydration after a viral illness where oral fluids are not keeping up
- A confirmed deficiency your physician wants corrected intravenously
- Iron infusions prescribed on the strength of blood results
- Recovery after surgery or a hospital stay, alongside home nursing
- Migraine or hyperemesis protocols your doctor has already prescribed
- Anyone prescribed an infusion who cannot easily reach a day unit
Who administers the infusion
The same registered nurses who run our home nursing service. Cannulation and infusion management are licensed skills, and we do not delegate them.
Ahmed Ramdan
Nurse
- SCFHS professional registration, verified and current
- Minimum three years of hospital experience, including IV administration
- Assessed on cannulation and on recognising infusion reactions before home visits
- Basic and advanced life support certification, current
- Anaphylaxis protocol training, with emergency medication carried to every infusion
- Infection prevention and control certification
- National police clearance, renewed annually
Frequently asked questions
The answers families ask for most before their first booking.
Is an IV drip safe to have at home?
It is, within limits we hold to strictly. A physician screens the case first, a registered nurse administers it, that nurse stays in the room for the entire infusion, and they carry emergency medication for a reaction. Those four conditions are what make the setting safe, and we do not run an infusion with any of them missing. Where a case needs equipment or observation we cannot provide at home — significant cardiac or renal disease, a history of severe reactions, an unstable patient — we say so and refer you to a day unit.
Do I need a prescription?
A physician has to review your case before a first infusion, without exception. If you already hold a prescription, send it and the review is quick. If you do not, the review is part of the service rather than something you have to arrange yourself. Either way, nothing is scheduled until a doctor has looked at your history, your medication and your reason for asking.
Can I book a vitamin drip just because I feel run down?
You can ask, and we will arrange the review — but be prepared for the answer to be no. Intravenous vitamins are not a general tonic. For a healthy adult who is eating and absorbing normally, an oral supplement achieves the same thing at a fraction of the cost and risk, and tiredness far more often points to something worth investigating — anaemia, thyroid, sleep, iron — than to a deficiency that needs a line. If bloods show a genuine deficiency, or absorption is the problem, the intravenous route earns its place. We would rather lose the booking than run a line that is not indicated.
How long does a session take?
Plan for about an hour and a half in total. Setup and cannulation take ten to fifteen minutes, the infusion itself usually runs thirty to sixty minutes depending on the preparation and the rate prescribed, and there is a short observation period afterwards before the nurse leaves.
What happens if I react to the infusion?
This is precisely why the nurse stays for the whole infusion rather than starting it and leaving. Mild reactions — flushing, a metallic taste, mild nausea — are usually managed by slowing the rate. For anything more significant the infusion is stopped immediately, emergency medication is given from the kit the nurse carries, and emergency services are called while the nurse stays with you. Every infusion has a written escalation plan agreed before it starts.
Can IV therapy be combined with home nursing?
Yes, and it often is. Post-operative patients frequently need IV antibiotics alongside wound care, and courses of both are run by the same nurse where possible so nothing is handed between people. If you already have a home nursing plan with us, adding infusions to it is a change to the existing plan rather than a separate booking.
