{"id":999,"date":"2021-03-09T13:29:10","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T19:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/2021\/03\/09\/todays-adventure-is-brought-to-you-by-the-letters-p-i-c-and-another-c-day-8\/"},"modified":"2021-03-09T13:29:10","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T19:29:10","slug":"todays-adventure-is-brought-to-you-by-the-letters-p-i-c-and-another-c-day-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/2021\/03\/09\/todays-adventure-is-brought-to-you-by-the-letters-p-i-c-and-another-c-day-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Today\u2019s Adventure is brought to you by the letters P, I, C and another C. Day -8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It\u2019s the day to get the P<\/strong>eripherally I<\/strong>nserted C<\/strong>entral C<\/strong>atheter, more commonly referred to as a PICC line<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Floroscope (real-time x-ray) System used to guide the process.
That\u2019s actually me!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Once again things are quite streamlined. I\u2019m brought into the room with an OR like table with the above equipment at my head. I lay down and stick out my left arm. An ultrasound is used to visualize where the vein is and then the area is sterilized and draped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A local anaesthetic of Lidocane is administered and the insertion procedure begins. The tubing is inserted in the brachial vein of the left arm via a #5 French catheter<\/a> for a length of 48cm ending at the Cavoatrial junction<\/a>. The double lumen line contains two separate openings through the same catheter so that two solutions or medications that are not compatible can be given simultaneously. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To finish off the lines are flushed with heparin, a dressing is applied and a Statlock securement <\/a>device is applied. In the end it looks like this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In under 30 minutes I\u2019m free to go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s the day to get the Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter, more commonly referred to as a PICC line. Once again things are quite streamlined. I\u2019m brought into the room with an OR like table with the above equipment at my head. I lay down and stick out my left arm. An ultrasound is used to … <\/p>\n

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