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Canuck Posts: 1674
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I can tell you- the cost of two PICCs may buy you a port, depending on what you're doing , if you have kids, well you know my opinion on it. Won't be bossy..This is my port, just walked in the door out of surgery and took a pic, now it's barely visible. They are all central venous caths, go to the subclavian vein, same place. If you do get a port, I suggest NO POWER PORT.... Get the tiniest one, and a Bard.. I have lots of advice on med devices but won't bore you with it. Just know that a power port is huge, bulky, hurts, and can cause more issues. The top stictch is where they secure it, the lower suture line is where they place it. Unfortunately , a port is placed by a surgeron in an OR, can now be done under versed/ so you are not completely sedated and you don't have to pay for an extra doc-the aneasthesiologist.. An RN can do the PICC as you know, in a room setting, but you have been there, done that..  Post edited by: Canuck, at: 03/11/2009 15:22 [b]Group Leader
Please take this advice as personal experience and not that of a medical professional. Sometimes experience is what makes us learn and help one another. Take the pieces you need, and always question, ask, with an open mind and heart...[/b]
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