Vascular Viewpoints: Recent Episodes
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How do you know which vascular access device is right for your patients? Or when to consult with other healthcare professionals on the team? These are just some of the questions vascular access teams face daily when caring for their patients, and they’re not easy ones to answer. To help these teams optimize their approach in critical care settings, Vascular Viewpoints reviews the latest guidelines, patient-centered care decisions, interdisciplinary communication strategies, and more. Content for this series is produced and controlled by ReachMD. Sponsored by
Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Guest: Sean Lau, RN, VA-BC
What are some ways we can reduce the prevalence of difficult venous access? Dr. Charles Turck is joined by Sean Lau, a vascular access specialist at Stanford Health Care, to share strategies to help reduce DIVA rates and improve vascular access care.
Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO
Guest: Cheryl Campos, DNP, RN-BC, CEN, CPHQ
Difficult IV access (DIVA) is a term used to describe patients who require multiple attempts to cannulate a vein. And since the prevalence of DIVA can be as high as 59 percent, Dr. Jennifer Caudle speaks with Dr. Cheryl Campos about how we can better identify high-risk patients, how we can manage DIVA patients, and more.
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Guest: Kelly Cawcutt, MD
Adapting to the drastic changes COVID-19 has forced clinicians to make is one of the many obstacles faced during this pandemic. Joining Dr. Matt Birnholz to talk about how vascular access teams are changing their protocols and roles in response to COVID-19 is Dr. Kelly Cawcutt, an infectious disease and critical care physician at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
Published May 5, 2020
Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO
Guest: Fulvio Pinelli, M.D., M.Sc.
For patients who’ve undergone an emergency cardiac procedure, the transition from emergency room to doctor’s office may be challenging. What can we do to bridge those vascular access gaps beyond the emergency setting? Dr. Jennifer Caudle is joined by Dr. Fulvio Pinelli, the director of the Vascular Access Center at the Careggi University Hospital in Florence Italy, to share some strategies for maintaining continuity of care.
Host: Paul Doghramji, MD
Guest: Nadine Nakazawa, RN, BS
How does the patient-centric experience model for vascular access care differ from what we're used to doing, and what does it actually look like in practice? Joining Dr. Paul Doghramji to share what we need to know about the development and goals of patient-centered vascular access care is Ms. Nadine Nakazawa, a vascular access nurse specialist at Stanford Health Care.
Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO
Guest: Kelly Cawcutt, MD
How has the COVID-19 pandemic changed vascular access paradigms in the intensive care unit? Joining Dr. Jennifer Caudle to share her story and lessons learned from the pandemic is Dr. Kelly Cawcutt, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and the Associate Medical Director of Infection Control and Epidemiology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
Host: Hector O. Chapa, MD, FACOG
Guest: Andrew Little, DO
When vascular access is compromised, intraosseous access, or IO access, can help prevent fatal consequences. What do we need to know about implementing and managing this type of device? Dr. Hector Chapa is joined by Dr. Andy Little, the Associate Program Director for AdventHealth Orlando Emergency Medicine Residency, to share some insight on IO vascular access.