Thank you all so much! Makes sense why my instructors are not concerned with pushing the PIV harder...But why do they teach us in school not to push on a difficult PIV because it will cause a blood clot to dislodge and it will kill your patient! Nurs...
How quickly does a Blood Clot travel? If a blood clot was dislodged during a peripheral IV flush, how quickly/ how long would it take for the patient to possibly die from a dislodged clot? Can they die in seconds, mins, hours etc? Thanks!
Hello, I was wondering how often or common is it to dislodge a clot from flushing IPIDs? I'm a nursing student and I've had a couple of patient's that I've had a hard time flushing their ipids. I would let my instructors know and they would come in a...