Chapter 8 - PICC Catheter Removal

[@stephaniestewart-berthold8189]

Bed flat, patient should take deep breath and hold during removal, can also use sterile occlusive dressing to close off tunnel for 24 hours, just a couple more hints!

[@joeblundell299]

Just wanting to give a WARNING on PICC lines, they should never be inserted into a person with total leg paralysis that only has their upper body for transfers. The transfer from wheelchair to bed is enough to severely damage the brachial plexus nerves, and cause permanent paralysis to the patients arm.

[@JadenYukifan28]

You're kidding me, right? Please tell me you're joking...

[@joeblundell299]

@@JadenYukifan28 Go look at the lifting limit with one, now tell me how I can safely lift myself weighing over 10 times the allowed lifting limit. I suffered permanent and quite painful damage from the one I had for less than a day. Not only am I not kidding, I'm 100% correct in both anecdotal personal evidence, but if you followed the medical rules for PICC lines, they would never be allowed to go in a fully disabled person making their own transfers.

[@JadenYukifan28]

​@@joeblundell299 well, this sucks then, I'm paralyzed from the waist-down.

[@joeblundell299]

@@JadenYukifan28 I just get midlines now when I need such things, sure they have to change em out more, but I got hurt years ago with the PICC, and it feels like a mistake that will be with me forever. I suppose if you have people to help transfer, that would help, but in retrospect I was also bedridden at the time and actually suffered the major injury pulling myself towards my laptop at the edge of a bed. Restricting movement and others help, you might be fine, but I'd do a midline every time.

[@JadenYukifan28]

@@joeblundell299 My Father helps me transfer, I was able to transfer myself when I was younger but I need help for the most part now.

[@Psergiorivera]

The beginning said that the patient understood the procedure, yet all I saw was a dummy arm. ?????

[@JadenYukifan28]

It's a Demonstration, of course the patient would understand it.