This month’s Wellness Wednesday, Unnecessary PICC Prescribed – SNF Patient Case, highlights a case at a Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) where a PICC was ordered to administer two weeks of IV antibiotics, however after reviewing the medical history and visually...
Prescribed PICC Unnecessary at SNF involves a case at a SNF (ie, Skilled Nursing Facility) where a PICC was ordered to administer two weeks of IV antibiotics, however after reviewing the medical history and visually assessing the patient, the Vascular Wellness...
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....