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...
Undetected DVT Patient Case
This month’s Wellness Wednesday, Undetected DVT Patient Case, highlights the importance of extensive training – particularly understanding contraindications and how to detect potential life-threatening complications – with regard to vascular access. This deep training...
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...
Undetected DVT in Skilled Nursing Patient – Nurse Clinicians in Action – 37
Undetected DVT in Skilled Nursing Patient describes how an elderly patient in a Skilled Nursing Facility needed a replacement PICC line so he could complete his course of antibiotics and hydration, but the arm where the previous PICC was placed was swollen and red....
At-Home Vascular Access Patient Case
This month’s Wellness Wednesday, an At-Home Vascular Access Patient Case, highlights the clinical situation of a patient who needed a PICC line for long-term vascular access for IV medication. Vascular Wellness placed the line, but even with detailed written and...
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…
Inspiring Tomorrow’s Vascular Access Nurses
A Vascular Wellness Clinician is inspiring tomorrow’s vascular access nurses in an interactive session with students at Chapin Middle School.
