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Bilateral Fistulas Patient Case

Bilateral Fistulas Patient Case

Today’s Vascular Wellness Voice features a Wellness Wednesday case that took place in a Skilled Nursing Facility where the patient needed a vascular access device placed for IV antibiotic therapy. The facility contacted Vascular Wellness to place a PICC line....
Clotted Fistula Patient Case

Clotted Fistula Patient Case

Today’s Vascular Wellness Voice features a Nurse Clinicians in Action Clotted Fistula Patient Case. In this clinical case, a patient’s fistula clotted in the middle of dialysis and required emergent temporary dialysis access. The patient was recovering...
Nurse-placed Dialysis Catheters at the Bedside

Nurse-placed Dialysis Catheters at the Bedside

Patients with acute or chronic kidney disease can need different types of Dialysis Catheters – Acute/Temp Vascaths and Tunneled Permcaths. Having a skilled partner who can perform these procedures as soon as they are clinically indicated, without delay – and at the patient’s bedside – can improve patient outcomes and decrease hospital and patient costs significantly.

Temporary Dialysis Catheters at the Bedside

Temporary Dialysis Catheters at the Bedside

Vascular Access Nurse Placed Temporary Dialysis Catheters at the bedside enable prompt and effective dialysis treatment and can efficiently supplement the reach and impact of any Vascular Surgery, Interventional Radiology, or Nephrology department or team. Delivery of...
Complex Covid-19 Patient Case

Complex Covid-19 Patient Case

This week we offer you a Nurse Clinicians in Action story that involves the ongoing battle healthcare providers face against Covid. This Complex Covid-19 Patient Case describes how our Vascular Access clinician evaluated a Covid patient and advocated a creative and...
Dementia and Cancer Patient Cases

Dementia and Cancer Patient Cases

Dementia and Cancer Patient Cases demonstrate how the placement of catheters is not a benign medical procedure and does come with risks and the risks compound through the additional needle and line insertions (both successful and unsuccessful attempts). Despite the...