Training Papers

This study was performed to investigate the primary patency rate and catheter-related problems associated with use of the femoral vein as a route for tunneled hemodialysis catheterization compared with those of the right internal jugular vein as the first-choice route in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis. Read more here

Cave diving hero and Adelaide anaesthetist Richard “Harry” Harris has been named the South Australian of the Year for 2019. Harris shot to international fame in July when he played a key role in the rescue of 12 young soccer players and their coach from the flooded Chiang Rai cave in Thailand. Using his medical

A new grant will help Penn State researchers develop an innovative foam that helps seal wounds quickly — whether on the battlefield, in rural areas or in other isolated locations far from hospitals. The three-year, $1.4 million grant from the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command will support the development and testing of the

Scientists at the Riken, a major Japanese research institute, and University of Tokyo have developed a remarkable ambient light-powered cardiac monitor that looks like a transparent bandage. The underlying technology makes possible other flexible body-worn sensors that don’t need to have an external electric source powering them, including temperature and sweat sensors. Because power is

The peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) has the advantages of higher safety, lower infection rate and longer retention time than peripherally inserted catheter. This study was aimed to evaluate the accuracy and safety of bedside electrocardiograph (ECG)-guided tip location technique in PICC in cancer patients, and compared with traditional chest radiography tip location technique. Read

The West Tennessee Regional Department of Health welcomed home six of its nurses Wednesday from a deployment to help victims of Hurricane Florence in North Carolina. The nurses were part of a 20-person “nurse strike team” that volunteered to spend 14 days in North Carolina providing aid in shelters. “Our deployment was absolutely a wild ride,” Jennifer Cook,

Scientists who were led by Dr. Ryan Darby, an assistant professor of neurology from the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN, set out to examine what occurs in the brain when people make the decision to move. Recent findings have not only shown which brain areas and circuits are involved in such a process, but they

A team of researchers from the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) have created a nanocoating that can spontaneously kill bacteria upon contact. The team, led by Dr Yugen Zhang, were inspired by the wings dragonflies and cicadas which contain nanopillars that prevent bacterial growth. Read more here

A PATIENT undergoing chemotherapy at Worcestershire Royal Hospital has designed and created discreet covers for patients to wear to cover the insertion lines used for their treatment. Terri Preece who attends Rowan Suite at Worcestershire Royal Hospital has been sewing special lace clothing covers which cover the PICC lines patients have placed in their arm

It’s one of the most common medical procedures in hospitals around the world. So why are millions of patients every year getting needled with catheters in places that aren’t recommended, and left unused and unmonitored, risking painful malfunctions and infection? Read more here