Is it a PICC line if it just goes a short distance up your vein (like several inches), or does it have to go all the way up toward your heart?

This was a long time ago (more than 25 years). I think it was in my hand and I think it was a PICC line, but it could have been something else.

And we were outside — she may have had me sit down before she started, now that I think of the logistics of that. But I started to black out and had to be helped to avoid falling over.