RIC is made by Arrow -- one case we had recently -- 7 Fr or 8.5 Fr, 5 cm length, AC, inserted in OR for 5 units of blood transfusion. seen more common in adult/transplant populations/ICUs. found in on the floor yesterday. I was not happy about it & wrote up an incident report. the kid was complaining of pain on the site 9/10. the catheter was left in place for a week. the staff, who thought it was a PIV, removed it & had to hold pressure for 15 min to stop the bleeding. since the catheter was not commonly used, staffs are not familiar with it. for such large/stiff catheter, I don't think it is appropriate for the floor. & don't feel comfortable treating it as PIV. (for peds, we still leave pivs in 'as long as they work').
--- Lynn Hadaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This abbreviation is one that I have never heard > used before and have > never seen this as a category of catheters. Sorry > but you will have > to be a little more specific about this type of > catheter - centrally > inserted or not, size and length, tip location, etc. > Lynn > > > At 7:48 AM -0800 11/1/06, Anna Liang wrote: > >would like to know your practice/policy regarding > RIC > >(rapid infusion catheter). > >for example, > >1. maximal dwell time for a RIC? > >2. do you allow RIC on the floor beside ICUs? > >3. what is your flushing policy of the RIC, same as > >PIV? > >4. can staffs remove a RIC? > > > > > > > >____________________________________________________________________________________ > >Access over 1 million songs - Yahoo! Music > Unlimited > >(http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited) > > > -- > Lynn Hadaway, M.Ed., RNC, CRNI > Lynn Hadaway Associates, Inc. > 126 Main Street, PO Box 10 > Milner, GA 30257 > http://www.hadawayassociates.com > office 770-358-7861 > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Access over 1 million songs - Yahoo! Music Unlimited (http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited)
