Recognizing National Kidney month, today’s focus is on Temporary Dialysis Catheters (or Vascaths), and how nursed-placed lines at the bedside improve patient outcomes and the patient experience. In an emergent situation like the one in the clinical case summary below – particularly where transportation was not an option – having a vascular access expert who can place a life-saving Vascath at the bedside, enabling prompt hemodialysis, was a critical component of the treatment plan and medical team. Being able to serve the vascular access needs of virtually every patient is what sets us apart as the true Vascular Access Experts.
Read this Vascular Access patient case in today’s Nurse Clinicians in Action story by clicking below.
Kidney Month Focus: Vascaths
Nurse Clinicians in Action Patient Case:
Emergent Temporary Dialysis Catheter
Vascular Access Nurse Placed
Temporary Dialysis Catheters
The delivery of prompt Temporary Dialysis Catheters at the bedside – including after-hours, weekends, and holidays – eliminates transportation expenses and the need for higher-cost medical specialists, each of which affords financial savings for both the patient and your healthcare organization. Additionally, patients are expected to have a better outcome and the risks of delayed therapy can be significantly reduced.
Vascular Access Nurse Placed Temporary Dialysis Catheters enable the physician to operate at the top of license, helping to expand healthcare access to all.
Kidney Month Focus: Vascaths
Temporary Dialysis Catheters
As Vascular Access Specialists, Vascular Wellness pioneered nurse placed Large Bore Central Venous Catheters to be used as Temporary Dialysis Catheters, and is virtually the only nurse-led company to perform, or who has significant experience with, these Vascular Access procedures.
These Temporary Dialysis Catheters are for temporary dialysis access and treatment as short-term alternatives to Arteriovenous fistula (AV Fistula) and Arteriovenous graft (AV Graft), and generally can be used for up to 45 days.
Vascath for Dialysis and Other Large Bore Lines
As Vascular Access Specialists, Vascular Wellness pioneered nurse Nurse clinician-led Vascath for Dialysis services are truly innovative and unmatched by virtually all vascular access nursing companies. Vascular Wellness nurses provide safe, timely, and effective Vascaths and other Large Bore lines with minimal bleeding or need for blood transfusion due to our expertise in ultrasound needle visualization.
Listen to Vascular Wellness Director of Research and Development talk about Vascath for Dialysis below…
What makes Vascular Wellness the Right Choice?
- >98% success rate
- 3-hour average response
- 24/7 call center
- 7 days/week, including nights, weekends & holidays
- 0% insertion-related infection rate
- Large & small bore lines
- Dialysis catheters
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We are Vascular Access Specialists. We excel due to our:
- Culture of Patient Care and Client Service
- Clinical Focus on Vascular Access
- Devoted Team of W2 Employee Clinicians
- Placement of Standard and Advanced Lines
- Comprehensive Administrative Support
Vascular Wellness provides mobile, on-site, and on-call standard and advanced vascular access services at the bedside including clinical consultation, line placement, program management, training and education, and infection consulting and prevention.
Serving hundreds of thousands of patients across diverse settings such as hospitals, long term acute care hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, surgical and outpatient centers, hospice, and at-home, Vascular Wellness provides the highest quality and most innovative, effective, and timely vascular access services improving patient outcomes, reducing costs, and strengthening infection control.
We place the right line at the right time, the first time.
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NURSE CLINICIANS IN ACTION case summaries involve challenging situations or intriguing clinical presentations where Vascular Wellness was able to create clinically appropriate access promptly, minimize sticks, and place the right line at the right time, the first time.
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NURSE CLINICIANS IN ACTION
Patient Cases by clicking below
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Vascular Wellness provides:
(1) Comprehensive vascular access services to North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Virginia; and
(2) Customized vascular access services to Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and West Virginia; and
(3) Support vascular access services to Ohio and Kentucky.
