Vascular Access Expertise Matters

Today’s Vascular Wellness Voice demonstrates why Vascular Access Expertise Matters. We were recently presented with a case in which a hospital patient with a fracture was receiving Vancomycin and needed additional vascular access for a blood transfusion. The hospital team had multiple failed attempts at gaining vascular access, and they thought blisters on the patient’s arm were due to a suspected tape allergy.

This Patient Case shows why it is critically important to partner with Vascular Access specialists who not only are deeply skilled in standard and advanced lines, but also can identify potentially life-threatening situations that can be easily missed or misdiagnosed.

A Vascular Wellness clinician was called in to help with vascular access, and he immediately identified the blisters to be a result of a Vancomycin extravasation, which can be very dangerous if not caught and treated. The care team agreed, and after that was addressed, he quickly started the IV on the first attempt. The Vancomycin was discontinued, the transfusion IV access was tested and cleared for use, and the patient was able to receive treatment, avoiding further injury.

Read this Vascular Access patient case in today’s Nurse Clinicians in Action story by clicking below.

Nurse Clinicians in Action Patient Case:
Fracture & Extravasation Complicates Vascular Access

Vascular Access Expertise Matters

Our expertise enables us to manage each unique patient and medical situation skillfully, and to serve as a client partner, promoting teamwork and collaboration with the patient and their medical team.

Ensuring the Most Clinically Appropriate Line Improves Patient Outcomes

Innovation, Experience and Expertise

• Vascular Wellness nurses are Vascular Access Board Certified (VA-BC) in the placement of standard and advanced lines at the patient’s bedside, including Dialysis Catheters (Acute/Temp Vas-Caths and Tunneled Perm Caths).

• We enable faster therapy with our response times (usually within three hours), mitigating complications from therapy delays.

• Our clinicians use ultrasound guidance to ensure safe and clinically appropriate vascular access, avoiding multiple sticks and reducing the risk of infection.

Learn more about our Vascular Access services at the Bedside and see why vascular access expertise matters.

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We are Vascular Access Specialists. 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

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.

Serving hundreds of thousands of patients across diverse settings such as hospitals, long term acute care hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, surgical and 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 place the right line at the right time, the first time.
Call us at 877-284-4435 or email us to learn more.
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If you require Vascular Access or want to learn more, speak to the team at Vascular Wellness today.
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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.