Thanks for all the info. We have the K machine, so after the initial heparin bolus it does the heparin automatically. When do you do the bolus? Before you put the pt on or when they are attached...
For some reason I find that we don't get the same blood flow with the catheters than we did with the cobe and phoenix. So they clot more unless we give saline flushes and even then they clot....
I've been working with the fresenius for about 1 1/2 months now. I find that there are too many lines to connect not like the cobe3 or the phoenix. I also find that it eats alot of the bicarb . And...
This is my first time here. I wanted to get some info re the fresenius. My place just changed to the fresenius from the cobe3 and phoenix. I find the fresenius to be very loud. We didn't get a very...