Accessing a Central Venous Catheter by M. Manning | OPENPediatrics

Learn proper technique for accessing a central venous catheter for blood draws and/or medication administration. LEARNING OBJECTIVES Upon viewing this presentation, participants will be able to: • Explain the indications for accessing a central venous catheter. • Describe the equipment needed to access a central venous catheter. • Demonstrate the steps involved in accessing a central venous catheter. • Identify the potential complications of accessing a central venous catheter. AUTHORS Mary-Jeanne Manning, APRN, MSN, BC, PNP, CCRN Clinical Nurse Specialist Boston Children's Hospital DATES Initial publication: August 28, 2013 Last reviewed: July 19, 2022 A multilingual transcript is available for this video, thanks to the generous support of our community members who volunteered their time to translate our content. Learn more about our OPENPediatrics translation campaign here: https://www.openpediatrics.org/conten... Please visit: www.openpediatrics.org OPENPediatrics™ is an interactive digital learning platform for healthcare clinicians sponsored by Boston Children's Hospital and in collaboration with the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies. It is designed to promote the exchange of knowledge between healthcare providers around the world caring for critically ill children in all resource settings. The content includes internationally recognized experts teaching the full range of topics on the care of critically ill children. All content is peer-reviewed and open access-and thus at no expense to the user. For further information on how to enroll, please email: [email protected] Please note: OPENPediatrics does not support nor control any related videos in the sidebar, these are placed by Youtube. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. CITATION Manning MJ, Wolbrink TA. Accessing a Central Venous Catheter. 8/2013. OPENPediatrics. Online    • Accessing a Central Venous Catheter by M. ...  .