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Power Hour Breakout

(D3) Inadvertent Arterial Puncture: Now What?

Presenter(s)

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  Max Holder, BSN, RN, CRNI®, NE-BC

  Nurse Manager
  Baylor Scott and White University Medical Center

  Nothing to Disclose

The content will include the following:
1. Incident of arterial puncture during VAD placement.
2. Recommendations for inadvertent arterial puncture management based on the Infusion Therapy Standards of Practice and other national guidelines.
3. Review the potential complications associated with inadvertent arterial puncture during VAD placement.
4. Review case studies of inadvertent arterial puncture.
4. Review legal cases where inadvertent arterial puncture occurred.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe management of inadvertent arterial puncture.
• Describe the complications associated with inadvertent arterial puncture.
• Describe the appropriate documentation required when an inadvertent arterial puncture occurs.
• List the legal implications associated with an inadvertent arterial puncture.