Patient Codes Repeatedly, Needs Access describes how a hospital patient who was resuscitated after coding twice was moved to the ICU and needed fluids and vasopressors, but the care team was unable to achieve vascular access. Patient Codes Repeatedly, Needs Access –...
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....
Implanted Port Obstructs PICC Insertion illustrates how our Vascular Access Specialist determined that her attempted PICC insertion was obstructed by an implanted port, and the clinician was able to create and implement a solution to meet the vascular access needs of...
Central Line Nursing is the insertion, care, and maintenance of Central Line Catheters by trained nurses. Highly skilled nurse specialists typically will place the Central Lines, lines that end in a large vein above or below the heart, and other nurses will be...
