Tinabelle

Tinabelle specializes in Surgical, Medical.

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1. When to start Heperin Drip

   Tinabelle replied to Tinabelle's topic in Med-Surg

   Kayern, You were right, it was r/t the patient developing a hematoma. Last week I saw the Dr. that gave me the order...turns out it was because they pulled the epi just before the ivc filter placement. She explained to me that the risk of a hematom...

2. When to start Heperin Drip

   Tinabelle posted a topic in Med-Surg

   My patient had signs/symptoms of a PE. He went down for a catskan and it was confirmed the PE was in the right lung. The resident called me with the results and told me to order a stat ptt and ivc placement. IR quickly called to make sure patient h...

3. Stop TPN when drawing blood from PICC?

   Tinabelle replied to Tinabelle's topic in Med-Surg

   :) Thank you!

4. Stop TPN when drawing blood from PICC?

   Tinabelle posted a topic in Med-Surg

   The scenario is... I have a patient with a double lumen PICC. I know I must stop the IV fluids for 15 minutes before I draw the blood so that the sample is not diluted by the Saline. The Saline is connected to the blue port, the TPN connected to th...