The Basics of Central Lines - Central Venous Catheters (CVC)

Im transitioning from ER to ICU so I can apply for CRNA school, and your channel has taught me SO much! Thank you and keep up the great work 🎉

Absolutely loved this video

Im a icu tech and I know nothing about the icu. I left from being a school teacher to this. I just feel so lost and confused but I’m willing to learn. It just seems like so much.

excellent information and explained so well - thank you!

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As a physiotherapy student, I find this video very helpful. Videos this long usually gets boring along the line, but this was a masterpiece.

Awesome video 👏

Thank you so much for your video. I learned a lot about these lines.

thank u very much!

NOOOOO...THANK YOU!❤

This video is so helpful! Thank you!

Which software you use to make videos

I had septic shock and had a central line by my neck. I have a very small scar not noticeable but it reminds me how lucky I am that I survived it.

Are there alternatives to the biopatch for patients who are allergic to CHG?

I just finished up my ADN after years of being an Ultrasound tech. Your videos were SUPER helpful and I still refer back to them as I study for my NCLEX... Thank you for the help!!

My grandma was put on hemo dialysis a year ago and had a loop graft put it in her lower right arm but it got infected with mrsa after a month or two. They then put in a CVC on her neck and she’s been using it for the past 7 months. We just went in for surgery to get a AV Graft put in her upper left arm and after the surgery her hand became ice cold and numb so we took her to the ER. They admitted her and the next day the surgeon reached out to get my decision on the next step. He said it wouldn’t be a good idea to leave it as is and hope because if it gets worse when they use the graft it could lead to full loss of motor function in her hand. So the two options he gave me was one to remove the graft fully and continue using the CVC until her arm heals and talk about getting another one done. The other option was for him to go into the incision and try to bring it higher to another vein to maybe increase blood flow to the hands but he said he can’t really predict what will happen. It could cause the graft to stop working and it’ll have to be removed after anyway. So we went ahead with removing the graft completely and gonna wait and see what our next options are.

My question is how long can someone have a CVC in for HD and what’s the main causes of failure besides infection? She’s had it for 7 months and we’re concerned if she can’t get another AV Graft in her arm what would we do if the CVC gets infected or something. She only weighs 95lbs and her veins are very small which is the reason they are doing grafts instead of fistulas.

Very conclusive,thank you very much

Thank you for this🤟

Thanks !

THANK U!!! Helped so much

I'm a new grad in critical care and just discovered your channel. It's very helpful! I'm finding there is a lot that was not covered (or barely covered) in nursing school that I'm encountering on the floor and your videos help me understand the concepts better than the explanation done on the floor or while charting. Thank you!!!

Of course it’s very useful ❤️❤️🥹

I am simply a patient with an interest in central lines (as I’ve had them for over 13 years now) and I have to say, THANK YOU for teaching that scrubbing of the access line after a swab is needed.

Great video! I am wondering if you have a list of meds that are vesicants and are recommended to be given via central lines? As a cath lab RN I would be helpful to know.

I am in nursing school and I found this video extremely helpful! It simplified what my textbook says and what my professor spoke hours on into a quick 20 minute video. The visuals within the video were also very helpful. Thank you for making this video!

Hello, this was really helpful, my questions are, can heparin be use to central line that clot and can one force the infusion of of the flush when it is blocked

What os TPN, cvp ando the other abbreviations?

Some addict would push their drug through the central line. Can you imagine the consequence?

Thank you very much, from an emergency nurse who is having to care for complicated ICU pts for longer and longer in the emergency department due to access block.

if removal of a femoral central line, should I head down the patient or lie flat? thanks!

New subscriber here.. so easy to understand… thank you for this, and you explain well too and some rationale.

Great job. I learnt a lot

So I have a tunneled central line (Hickman) but I’m allergic to the skin prep so my question is since I can’t use the bio patch should I be doing a dressing change more often than every 7 days? And if so how often? I just use alcohol and stat lock and tagaderm and had remained infection free for 13 months. But could possibly doing a dressing change every 3 days be preferable? I read somewhere that was protocol if the bio patch isn’t present. But sadly my team though extremely caring aren’t the most knowledgeable especially on all of my conditions and the use of a central line so I need to educate myself. Thanks 😊 I’m on TPN by the way. 😉🥰

Thanks educated

I really appreciated this video. Today I was wondering what the differences were between the hemodialysis catheter and the triple lumen. I had a patient who is in need of TPN but wasn’t able to though that hemodialysis catheter (Trialysis) had a pigtail.

Excellent informative content here! Thank you for creating this!

I've had a PICC (peripherally inserted central catheter) 3 times so far for administering antibiotics, high dose for up to 6 - 8 weeks. The catheter is inserted in the vena basilica, vena cephalica or the vena brachialis. Using a PICC is a minor procedure under local anesthesia.

You really should put/allow subtitles on your videos

If I want to pull out the line at home how would I got about that? I’ve had a heart transplant and I’m at the end of life and my doctor doesn’t want to take it out even when I refuse medical treatment. This has been an ongoing battle and I have both cellular and antibody rejection. I’m truly at my wits end.

Why 3 CC syringe not used for rapid infusing Drugs ???please explained in details

At my hospital if the pt has a central line we do cultures from the line & peripherally too.

You are amazing , thank you so much .

Thank you

Fantastic and super helpful video. Thank you!

I had a central line (svc) and it blew. They didn't get it all out and it eventually wrapped my heart and stuck in my left vent. It's since disappeared. I've got a port. There's 2 different ports - ones a power port for mri dyes, etc and mine is a reg portfolio IVs and labs. Make sure ppl know which you have bc ports can be blown, too.

Very helpful video, thank you!

Lovely graphics!

your lecture is amazing! Thank you!