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...
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!
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...