Same Day Tunneled Permcath at the Bedside highlights a case where a patient with several medical conditions had accidentally removed his temporary dialysis catheter and the facility ordered a replacement Permcath, as the patient now needed long-term dialysis. Same Day...
This month’s Wellness Wednesday, Vascath and Tunneled Permcath Patient Case, describes a case where a patient in an LTACH who had suffered many serious injuries in a motor vehicle accident needed emergent dialysis and Vascular Wellness promptly placed a Vascath. Ten...
Catheter Fracture & Mastectomy Patient Cases demonstrate how Vascular Wellness clinicians’ experience enables us to assess and treat situations properly. In these cases this experience allows us to know when a line is damaged and needs to be removed, or if a...
A patient with a tunneled catheter fracture and how the Vascular Access clinician removed the tunneled catheter at the patient’s bedside even though tunneled catheters are generally under the purview of doctors is the focus of this Nurse Clinicians in Action....
