Re: Concerned about Home Hemo
they can dialyze themselves thru their catheter? no way! I guess all our (3) pts have fistulas. wow! I would also worry about the same things you do, but if this program is so big and so awesome and important, you know they have researched and checked and balanced and troubleshot(?) as much as possible before going public with it. We currently have 2 home nurses. they are training 2 new couple right now. We have had one guy doing it himself for well over a year, no problems. It is ok to be scared, of course! But the point of this training is so that they get the basics drilled into them again and again and again, what to do if you break through bleed? what to do if your BP drops, what to do if you contaminate your field (caths?) etc. you have been through extensive training so that your new pts can also go through extensive training and everyone can be confident.
sorry, this is just coming from a tech who has seen all sides of in center hemo and PD and now some home hemo too. Hope this gives you a boost. I am sure you have done a wonderful job training.
but I do have a question, if they are doing this at home and something goes wrong, is it your license on the line? you mentioned something about your license.
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