Emla Cream Application for Hemo Dialysis

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A short video with subtitles in English (voice was quiet) on applying Emla numbing cream to the AV Fistula prior to Hemo Dialysis.

Also the site mentioned in the video has moved from angieskidney to http://kidneykorner.com

Category:

Education

Tags:

• HemoDialysis
• Emla
• Health

[AlexandraPopovic]

i got aquestion

can i put a click emla cream on my nose 1 hour before i am going to pierc it

[angieskidney]

@AlexandraPopovic

Emla cream is not to be used for simple things like that and cost a lot. For more information on Emla cream and its purpose and risks and limitations, go to the official Emla cream site which is on astrazeneca.ca

[DearMeNoUserName]

I was wondering, do you have to discard the unused product left in the tube? Because its really expensive and i don't want to, but i read somewhere that you had to? Thanks for the help. x

[angieskidney]

There is an expiry on the tube. You use it up and if you don't by the expiry date than you have to throw it out. You can get different size tubes. I had a large tube because I was doing dialysis 3 times a week and they were not doing button hole yet so I didn't know where they would cannulate me. Once they established buttonholes on me I used less as they used 2 spots only for the 2 needles. Then when I had my transplant I still had dialysis a few more times so I got a tiny tube.

[rencevy]

thanks for uploading the vids.. Im getting loads of infos.. the features of b.braun and fresenius have some similarities though i may say that fresenius is way better base on ur vid.. thanks in advance..

[dumspirosperoinnyc]

Part 2 . . It seems to work better for him. I cut out a piece large enough to cover the cream and an additional area of 2" on all sides. Surprisingly, the press and seal stays in place and stays put. It's painless when it's peeled off (unlike the medical patches) and the cream does not evaporate. All the best to you.

[willcockanator]

No you don't have to discard it vvvv

My doctor prescribed me emla cream because i have to get a lot of blood work. and then i have to get a skin test for my allergies a few weeks after my blood work. He told me to keep it and reuse it.

[ChukchiCatori]

In UK it's known as cling flim

Thanks for tips... my tube arrived today...getting tatts done in December and, as I have a fear of needles but really want a tatt personal to me, I needed it =)

[cristiano7ManUtd]

thanks for the video!

[dumspirosperoinnyc]

2 part commenst as there is a limit of 500 Charachters post. Great video. My 6 yr old son uses emla cream at the site of his medaport (subdermal surgically implanted device used to deliver chemotherapy directly into bloodstream). We use GLAD "press and seal" instead of cling wrap.