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Do any anesthesiologists yiu know insert PIC lines? Or do any residency programs you know train residents to do this? From the best I can tell, reimbursement is similar if not the same as that for central lines. I was thinking of trying to incorporate a "procedure resident" into one of our rotations. We already do the vast majority of intubations in the hospital? outside of the ED. So I wondered what the chances are the MICU would be willing to hand over their central line insertions, maybe arterial lines. That made me think maybe adding PICC access to our repertoire wouldn't be a bad idea. Can't have too much training, right?
One issue I foresee if this were to go further would be the training. Who would train us (attendings and residents). I'm sure it's not too difficult (as I've seen a few done), but here a PICC RN team does them. I could see a conflict of RNs training physicians (if they would even agree to let us take some of their business away).
What say you, great minds of the SDN?
One issue I foresee if this were to go further would be the training. Who would train us (attendings and residents). I'm sure it's not too difficult (as I've seen a few done), but here a PICC RN team does them. I could see a conflict of RNs training physicians (if they would even agree to let us take some of their business away).
What say you, great minds of the SDN?