PICC Line Insertion
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I'm getting my second picc line in after surgery soon. It's for another 6 weeks. Ick
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@Azagot Could be Brachial or Basilic. Both are on the medial side of the biceps.
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@Commodore1236 Because there's no real effort to minimise the spillage of blood with quick changeovers of dilator/guidwire and guidewire/PICC.
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@Testudokles ....but with fluoroscopic control and use of a guidewire you can steer PICC lines in patients who might have stenosed tortuous vessels. PICC lines done in fluoro are the gold standard.
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pain*
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Agreed with the guy who said that PICCs shouldn't hurt. Of course you might experience some paine afterwards but it shouldn't "hurt like a bitch".
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Also, these sticky clamps/wings used to secure the PICC are awesome.
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Now that's the right way to do it... unlike that other video that comes up in the top results where they don't even sterilize properly... though it still did take rather long to insert.
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I have this picc line in for 5 weeks, and I'm getting tired of going back and forth to get meds grr!
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I had a picc line put in in the exact same spot, it didn't hurt very much. and no they didn't give me an ahasethetic either
just for the record - that isnt me moaning :P
taantaci 8 months ago
time to answer some questions.
@azagot i believe you are correct in your assumption, though I'm not 100% certain myself
@fairymomma03 they hurt going in even with anaesthetic, due to them pushing down hard on the bone/tendon. painkillers cant fix that unless they overload me with them
@0siris85 seeing as I'm tall and the line is only around 50cm, the tip of the line doesn't quite reach my heart, however they do xray me afterwards to make sure.
taantaci 8 months ago