Intravenous is a term that means âinto the veinâ. Intravenous medication administration occurs when a needle is inserted into a vein and medication is administered through that needle. The needle is usually placed in a vein near the elbow, the wrist, or on the back of the hand. Different sites can be used if necessary. There are two kinds of intravenous (IV) medication administration. An IV âpushâ is a one time, rapid injection of medication into the bloodstream. An IV infusion is a slow âdripâ of medication into the vein over a set period of time, to deliver a constant amount of therapy. Often, an IV âlineâ is created to allow easy treatment.
SMS (Short Message Service) and MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) are both used in mobile phones for non-voice communications. Some landline phones also have SMS capability. While both SMS and MMS stand for the service, the abbreviations are often used in common parlance to mean the actual message itself that is sent using the service.
The service is based on SMS. Standard MMS messages can support videos of up to 40 seconds, single images or slideshows, and audio clips. Using MMS, the iPhone can send audio files, ringtones, contact details, photos, videos, and other data to any other phone with a text messaging plan.