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 days later, the care team determined the patient required long-term hemodialysis and ordered a Tunneled Permcath with Vascular Wellness. With the patient still in a neck brace (eliminating the internal jugular as an option) and the current temporary dialysis site clean and free from signs of infection (typical for Vascular Wellness placed lines), the vascular access nurse clinicians determined that a catheter exchange was appropriate. The clinicians completed an exchange of the large bore Vascath temporary hemodialysis catheter to a large bore Tunneled Permcath to the left femoral site at the patient’s bedside without issue. Immediately after, a portable abdominal X-ray verified placement, and the patient could continue hemodialysis without any delay or interruption to her regular schedule.
Read the full Nurse Clinicians in Action patient case, “Vascath and Tunneled Permcath Patient Case” by clicking the link below…
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Vascath and Tunneled Permcath Patient Case
PROVIDE YOUR PATIENTS WITH THE MOST ADVANCED CARE
Having the ability – especially in emergent situations – to place small- and large-bore advanced central lines at the patient’s bedside is a tremendous factor in successfully treating patients quickly, eliminating the need for transportation to another facility and the coordination and costs associated with it, and helping improve patient outcomes and satisfaction. As an added benefit, our clients utilize their newly available medical resources to deliver more and higher-impactful healthcare services to their community.
Vascular Wellness has consistently been at the forefront of innovating and delivering the highest quality, most robust, and comprehensive vascular access service offerings in the country, whenever and wherever it is needed.
As Vascular Access Experts, Vascular Wellness pioneered nurse-placed Vascaths for Dialysis. Vascular Wellness’ nurse-placed Acute/Temp Vascaths – and Tunneled Permcaths – at the bedside have many advantages over the primary alternative of physician-placed devices in an Operating Room (OR) or Interventional Radiology (IR) Suite, including lower costs, faster access to hemodialysis treatment, and greater facility, physician, and patient satisfaction.
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EDUCATION and TRAINING
Vascular Access Services Education & Training at Vascular Wellness includes classroom, hands-on and mannequin-based simulation, extensive precepting on actual patients and regular skills assessments, and is the best training available. Our continuous training, skill set development, collaboration and teamwork across employees contribute to improved patient outcomes, reduced costs for clients and patients, and infection control success. This results in a better vascular access experience for all stakeholders including clients, the medical team, patients, and families.
Much of the same Education & Training we use internally is available to clients, facilities and individuals. READ MORE about our extensive vascular access Education & Training Courses.
Vascular Wellness clinicians are Vascular Access Experts in all aspects of Vascular Access Device (VAD) placement, including assessment, insertion, maintenance, difficult placements, and removal.
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What makes Vascular Wellness the Right Choice?
▶︎ 7 Days/Week, After Hours & Holidays
▶︎ 3 Hour Average Response Time
▶︎ Extensive and Redundant Geographic Coverage
▶︎ 98+% Success Rate
▶︎ 0% Infection Rate
▶︎ Increased Patient & Clinical Satisfaction
▶︎ Hands-On Client Clinical Training
▶︎ Services are available to all patients and healthcare partners in rural as well as more populated areas
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About Vascular Wellness
Vascular Wellness provides mobile, on-site, and on-call standard and advanced vascular access services at the bedside including clinical consultation, line placement, program management, training and education, and infection consulting and prevention.
We regularly work with patients and healthcare partners across diverse settings such as Hospitals, Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals, Hospital at Home programs, Skilled Nursing Facilities and CCRCs, Surgical & Outpatient Centers, Hospice, and At-Home. Vascular Wellness provides the highest quality and most innovative, effective, and timely vascular access services improving patient outcomes, reducing costs, and strengthening infection control.
We are Vascular Access Specialists and Experts. We excel due to our:
- Culture of Patient Care and Client Service
- Clinical Focus on Vascular Access
- Devoted Team of W2 Employee Clinicians
- Placement of Standard and Advanced Lines
- Comprehensive Administrative Support
We place the right line at the right time, the first time.
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NURSE CLINICIANS IN ACTION case summaries involve challenging situations or intriguing clinical presentations where Vascular Wellness was able to create clinically appropriate access promptly, minimize sticks, and place the right line at the right time, the first time.
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Vascular Wellness provides:
(1) Comprehensive vascular access services to North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Virginia; and
(2) Customized vascular access services to Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and West Virginia; and
(3) Support vascular access services to Ohio and Kentucky.
