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While reading a thread about a medical student who was unsupervised while placing a central line, I realized that I had not suggested/commanded the SDN user population to read the following article:
Kusminksy, RE. Complications of Central Venous Catheterization. JACS (J of the American College of Surgeons), April 2007, 204(4), pp 681-696.
While the article is obviously of greatest interest to those who routinely place lines (surgeons, anesthesiologists, hospitalists, intensivists, EM, etc.) I would ask that anyone who can please read the article and then pass it on to someone else...perhaps an allied health care worker who doesn't understand that these lines can kill or perhaps a colleague who just isn't aware of all the potential complications.
A family member of an SDN user was killed recently when he suffered an air embolism after improper removal of a central line and failure to recognize the complication. While there isn't much we can do directly to assuage the family and the person responsible, perhaps by all of us becoming a little more familiar with the potential complications and then sharing that information, we can reduce the possibility of this happening again and perhaps even become a little better ourselves.
If you would like to view the article on-line, you can either register at JACS: http://www.journalacs.org/home or I have uploaded it: http://www.freewebs.com/kimberlicox/CVC.pdf
Kusminksy, RE. Complications of Central Venous Catheterization. JACS (J of the American College of Surgeons), April 2007, 204(4), pp 681-696.
While the article is obviously of greatest interest to those who routinely place lines (surgeons, anesthesiologists, hospitalists, intensivists, EM, etc.) I would ask that anyone who can please read the article and then pass it on to someone else...perhaps an allied health care worker who doesn't understand that these lines can kill or perhaps a colleague who just isn't aware of all the potential complications.
A family member of an SDN user was killed recently when he suffered an air embolism after improper removal of a central line and failure to recognize the complication. While there isn't much we can do directly to assuage the family and the person responsible, perhaps by all of us becoming a little more familiar with the potential complications and then sharing that information, we can reduce the possibility of this happening again and perhaps even become a little better ourselves.
If you would like to view the article on-line, you can either register at JACS: http://www.journalacs.org/home or I have uploaded it: http://www.freewebs.com/kimberlicox/CVC.pdf
