Hurricane Helene Healthcare WorkersVascular Access Nurse SpotlightWhen natural disasters strike, such as Hurricane Helene, their impact can reach deep and personally affect not just the community, but the healthcare workers who come to their aid. In this case of Hurricane Helene, the devastation...
Use of Infrared and Ultrasound in Vein VisualizationInfrared and Ultrasound in Vein Visualization refers to the use of the two most popular aides to help clinicians locate veins when placing intravenous (IV) lines or performing blood draws. Infrared devices provide a visual image of the patient’s...
Intravenous (IV) lines are vascular access devices used to gain venous access to a patient, giving the health care team the ability to administer medications and fluids. There are many types of IV lines, with Peripheral IVs (PIVs) being the most common. Because there are potential complications...
Air Embolism Symptoms and Management highlights common causes, risks, identification and best practices in preventing and treating intravenous air embolisms. Air embolisms can occur in the vein as a venous air embolism, or in an artery as an arterial air embolism. Both can be a complication of a...
IV Infiltration Prevention and Management describes infiltrations and extravasations, common causes, and best practices to prevent and mitigate the risk of these complications from occurring…
Building a Dialysis Program highlights how Vascular Wellness has helped facilities build dialysis programs and provide vascaths and permcaths to serve their outlying or rural communities, and can quickly build…
A Vascular Wellness Clinician is inspiring tomorrow’s vascular access nurses in an interactive session with students at Chapin Middle School.
News Release: Triangle Business Journal features Vascular Wellness, originally published in the Triangle Business Journal Vascular Wellness is a diverse, women-owned company improving healthcare for all. In addition to being Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) certified, Vascular...
National Kidney Month is wrapping up, but we do Dialysis Catheters 365 days a year.Many of you have seen us in our green National Kidney Month T-shirts, helping to bring awareness and compassionate care to those with Kidney Disease and Renal Failure. But no matter what the national focus may be,...
Patient-Centric Dialysis Catheter Placement at the Bedside"The needle goes into the patient one time, and one time only, and that happens with needle visualization. This ensures you're doing the best for every patient now and down the road." ~ Stephen Harris, Director of Research and Development,...
Patients with kidney disease and renal failure have limited vascular access routes, making vein preservation critically important. Gaining vascular access in these patients can be challenging due to stenosis – thickening, hardening, stiffening, and narrowing – of the veins.
Tunneled central catheters, also known as Perm caths, can be small bore or large bore lines, and are used when vascular access is needed over a long period of time (anywhere from two weeks to several months). This makes them a good solution when clinically indicated for hemodialysis during renal (kidney) failure, as well as chemotherapy, antibiotics, parenteral nutrition and more.
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