Dialysis Catheter, Mid-Thigh Femoral in Emergency Department describes a patient who came to the Emergency Department from a nursing home with a number of medical issues, including renal failure, and needed vascular access for hemodialysis. Dialysis Catheter,...
Urgent Vascath and Axillary Line describes a critically ill ICU patient in a Trauma Hospital who urgently needed a temporary dialysis catheter for hemodialysis treatment, as she was diagnosed with Diabetic Ketoacidosis (a severe, life-threatening complication with...
In the Room Where it Happened: Whitney Page and Nurse-Placed Central Lines in South Carolina Nurse-Placed Central Lines in South Carolina highlights the South Carolina Board of Nursing’s advisory opinion that adds central line placement by registered nurses...
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...
Newborn Urgently Needs IV Access describes how a newborn who was just hours old was having difficulty breathing and needed IV access for fluids. Newborn Urgently Needs IV Access – Clinical Case This case took place in a hospital where a baby was just born a few hours...
PICC Downgraded to PIVs after VA-BC Nurse Assessment describes a patient in a community hospital who was diagnosed with acute cholecystitis (inflammation of the gallbladder) and required vascular access for two days of antibiotics, as well as a cholecystectomy. The...
Severely Contracted Patient Needs Vascular Access describes a case in an LTACH where a patient needed new vascular access because the arm with an existing Midline was swollen, red, and warm to the touch, and the facility suspected a DVT (deep vein thrombosis). The...
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...
Previous PIVs Fail Repeatedly highlights a patient case involving an elderly man in a Skilled Nursing Home who needed long-term IV antibiotics to treat pneumonia. The facility ordered a peripheral IV (PIV), however, each new PIV failed within a day, delaying therapy...
