Arterial catheter

that is considered the most effective and efficient. The patient has a central line as an access. The clinic as it stands is not meeting the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services or CMS guideline (Compton, 2005) to replace her central venous catheter (CVC) or central line access within a ninety day period. If not contraindicated, a permanent access…

Introduction Intravenous infusion therapy is an infusion of fluids directly into the patient’s bloodstream via a vein using an intravenous catheter. It is frequently used in hospital settings for patients that require a rapid onset of medication and for those who are unable to receive medications orally. According to Adams and Urban (2012), intravenous (IV) infusion is considered to be the most dangerous route of receiving medications because medication cannot be retrieved once it enters the…

Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter Dressing Changes The focus of this paper is to provide the importance of evidenced based practice (EBP) in the nursing field and to compare the policy of Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center’s topic of peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) dressing changes to multiple evidenced based practices. Within the past decades, changing a PICC line dressing has changed over time. Different antiseptic agents and techniques of cleaning the site are…

I chose the topic MRIs. I will discuss the following topics, what an MRI is, what is an MRI used for, and How should you prepare for an MRI and the risks and benefits. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an examination that uses a magnetic field and three dimensional detailed anatomical images to take pictures of the inside of the body. In many cases, MRI gives different information about structures in the body that can be seen with an ultrasound, X-ray, or even a computed tomography scan or as…

result of hemoglobin and hematocrit. Third: To check the effect it has on the arterial pressure monitoring waveforms. Fourth: To see if there is a change in the number of needle sticks. Total number of participants were 100 patients admitted to the Medical intensive care unit requiring arterial line monitoring. The control group received the normal pressure line monitoring N=50 and Active group with the venous arterial blood management system (VAMP) N=50. Exclusion criteria were active…

DSA iSAP: Clinical Action Plan Abdominal Angiography: Simulated Case Study of Gastrointestinal Bleeding Clinical Concerns & Imaging Goals A 50-year-old male patient present to Emergency Department with hematochezia. Patient’s CT demonstrated active bleeding in his rectum. Generally, gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is caused by multitudes of pathologic processes, it has an intermittent nature and it could be a life-threatening condition for the patient (Cherian et al., 2009). Hence, it is crucial…

research and patient care data in combination with patient preferences and the clinical expertise of the nurse (Melnyk, Fineout-Overholt, Stillwell & Williamson, 2009). In the case study, the question is asking about how the removal of a pulmonary arterial catheter influences…

CVC General Consideration INDICATIONS To give medications to the patient e.g. vasopressors, chemotherapy, antibiotics1 Parentral nutrition (PEN) Hemodynamic monitoring – e.g. central venous pressure (CVP) In case of difficult or poor peripheral venous access CONTRAINDICATION: some of the relative contraindications are Anatomic distortion at insertion site Coagulopathy Already existing intravascular devices SITES Internal juglar vein (IJV) Suvclavian vein ( SCV) Femoral vein…

have to go through surgery to get a catheter put in. The catheter used for hemodialysis is a tunneled catheter because it is placed under the skin (National Kidney Foundation 1). There are two different types which are non-cuffed and cuffed catheters. When I was doing my hemodialysis treatment I had the non-cuffed catheter. Most people with Kidney disease gets the cuffed catheters. This is more of the permanent kind of catheters for kidney disease. Dialysis catheters usually have at least two…

This is known as angioplasty. Once the procedure has been completed, the catheter is removed and the incision is closed using manual pressure, a plug or a clamp. Post- Discharge Following angiography, you'll be taken to a recovery ward for observation and monitoring. You'll be asked to lie still for a few hours, to prevent bleeding…