PICC changed to Internal Jugular on Dialysis Patient – Nurse Clinicians in Action – 55
PICC changed to Internal Jugular on Dialysis Patient describes an Emergency Department patient with chronic heart failure and renal disease who was prescribed a PICC line for administration of Milrinone, but the patient’s comorbidities made this a challenging and...
Ultrasound Guidance Insufficient for DIVA Patient – Nurse Clinicians in Action – 45
Ultrasound Guidance Insufficient for DIVA Patient describes a case where Emergency Department nurses and physicians tried multiple times using ultrasound guidance to achieve vascular access in a sick patient but were unsuccessful primarily due to the patient’s...
Hurricane Helene Healthcare Workers
Hurricane Helene Healthcare Workers Vascular Access Nurse Spotlight When 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...
Patient Codes – Clinical Case
This month’s Wellness Wednesday, Patient Codes – Clinical Case, demonstrates why having a vascular access partner who is not rushed or incentivized to get to the “next case,” and has deep expertise in difficult IV access, matters. In this Patient Case, a...
Tunneled Permcath in LTACH Patient – Nurse Clinicians in Action – 38
Tunneled Permcath in LTACH Patient describes how an LTACH patient with chronic kidney disease and respiratory failure, as well as a complex medical history that included lower bilateral DVTs and a pacemaker, needed an Acute/Temp Vascath replaced with a Tunneled...
Building a Dialysis Program
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…
Rapid Response and Life-Saving Vascular Access
Today’s Vascular Wellness Voice demonstrates how having a vascular access team with a rapid response provides life-saving vascular access. This Wellness Wednesday case is about a teen patient who suffered life-threatening bilateral arm amputation in an accident...