Choosing the Right Site
Overview
Do
- Think about the future plan for this patient, and whether this site will be needed for any other access
Don't
- Don’t insert a needle through a burn, oedema or infected tissue
- Don’t insert a CVC into an area with localised deformity, e.g. clavicular or femoral fracture
- Don’t insert a subclavian CVC on the same side as a pacemaker
- Don’t insert a subclavian CVC into a coagulopathic patient
- Avoid a femoral CVC in a patient who is incontinent - especially of faeces
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