Bilateral Arm Amputation Requires Emergent Vascular Access describes how a teen who suffered a life-threatening accident with a woodchipper, resulting in both arms severed just above the elbow, required emergent and lifesaving vascular access in the Emergency Department of the hospital. Nurse...
Fracture and Extravasation Complicates Vascular Access involves a case where a patient’s need for vascular access for a blood transfusion was complicated by a fracture and a Vancomycin extravasation, which the facility thought was a tape allergy, and multiple failed attempts at vascular access....
Clotted Fistula Requires Urgent Vas-Cath describes how a Vascular Access clinician placed a Vas Cath, or Temporary Dialysis Catheter, at the bedside in a patient whose fistula clotted off in the middle of dialysis and needed emergent Temporary Dialysis access. Nurse Clinicians in Action is a...
Emergent Temporary Dialysis Catheter at the Bedside describes how a Vascular Wellness clinician placed a Vas-Cath at the Bedside in a critically ill patient in need of emergent dialysis when no transportation options were available, enabling prompt hemodialysis. Nurse Clinicians in Action is a...
Vascular Access for Cardiac Rehabilitation Patient describes how a Vascular Wellness clinician notices an atrial fibrillation episode while placing a PICC line in an anxious quadruple bypass patient and promptly contacts the treating physician for additional medical attention, accelerating...
PICU Patient Needs Additional Vascular Access describes how a Vascular Wellness clinician, who was called to assist with vascular access and shortly after departure was recalled to the PICU for an emergent situation regarding the same patient whose condition had changed suddenly and rapidly,...
Vascular Access for Quadriplegic Patient describes how a Vascular Access clinician was able to rely on his knowledge, training, and experience to expertly assess a quadriplegic patient in a skilled nursing facility to recommend and gain physician approval for a safer alternative solution to the...
Emergent Vascular Access for Patient Transport describes how a Vascular Access clinician utilizes her advanced knowledge and skills and remains calm and collected in a stressful situation, to place a PICC line prior to transport, in a declining patient with poor vasculature after multiple failed...
Vascular Access Support Team describes how our trained and dedicated Vascular Wellness 24/7, 365 days/week, including holidays, Vascular Support Team (VST) stands at the ready, connecting our vascular access expert clinicians with healthcare partners to deliver prompt, lifesaving vascular access...
Vascular Access for End of Life Care describes how a Vascular Wellness Vascular Access Expert provided an alternative vascular access solution for a critically ill patient by using clinical expertise and compassionate care to balance the patient’s needs and the family’s treatment requests. Nurse...
Pediatric Patient with Crouzon Syndrome describes how a Vascular Wellness nurse clinician provided compassionate, holistic care to a fearful pediatric DIVA (Difficult Intravenous Access) patient with Crouzon syndrome and helped the patient overcome procedure-induced anxiety. Nurse Clinicians in...
Vascular access expertise after hours describes how a Vascular Wellness nurse on her way home returns to the hospital to immediately help a patient experiencing Ventricular Tachycardia, a type of dangerous heart rhythm, and is the focus of this Nurse Clinicians in Action case story. Nurse...
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Vascular Wellness provides comprehensive, quality, timely, and innovative vascular access services, including standard and advanced line placement, pediatrics, program management, education, training, and infection control and prevention to all healthcare settings such as Tertiary Hospitals, Community Hospitals, Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals, Hospital at the Home Programs, Skilled Nursing Facilities, Surgical and Outpatient Centers, Hospice, and At-Home care. We support a 98+% Success Rate with 0% Insertion-Related Infection Rate across all lines, with an average response time of 3 hours. We help our clients improve patient outcomes, enable faster therapy, reduce costs, infections, and readmissions, decrease hospital length of stay, and reduce transportation expenses.
Monday-Friday: 8am - 6pm
Saturday-Sunday: 8am - 3pm
Holidays: 8am - 1pm
Vascular Wellness provides comprehensive, quality, timely, and innovative vascular access services, including standard and advanced line placement, pediatrics, program management, education, training, and infection control and prevention to all healthcare settings such as Tertiary Hospitals, Community Hospitals, Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals, Hospital at the Home Programs, Skilled Nursing Facilities, Surgical and Outpatient Centers, Hospice, and At-Home care. We support a 98+% Success Rate with 0% Insertion-Related Infection Rate across all lines, with an average response time of 3 hours. We help our clients improve patient outcomes, enable faster therapy, reduce costs, infections, and readmissions, decrease hospital length of stay, and reduce transportation expenses.
Monday-Friday: 8am - 6pm
Saturday-Sunday: 8am - 3pm
Holidays: 8am - 1pm
