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After I put 5or6 of these things in with U/S in the SICU. One of the surgeons got upset upon finally noticing it and told his resident to D/C my line (which had been in about 5 days) for fear that "the patient will lose his arm."
What sort things have you heard about the safety of these lines? Yes I understand the anatomy of that area.
The reason I put em in was:
Radials shot, so Im not going for Ulnar.
WRISTS TOO FAT WITH EDEMA.
The groin is a filthy area.
I hate putting lines in diabetics' feet...plus DP/PostTibialArt lines dont last very long at all.
I did a literature search and it backed me up. Seems that the dogma of Brachial ALINE= GONNA LOSE AN ARM is spread far and wide.
What sort things have you heard about the safety of these lines? Yes I understand the anatomy of that area.
The reason I put em in was:
Radials shot, so Im not going for Ulnar.
WRISTS TOO FAT WITH EDEMA.
The groin is a filthy area.
I hate putting lines in diabetics' feet...plus DP/PostTibialArt lines dont last very long at all.
I did a literature search and it backed me up. Seems that the dogma of Brachial ALINE= GONNA LOSE AN ARM is spread far and wide.