Arterial Closure Device Insertion Periprocedural Care: Patient Education and Consent, Preprocedural Planning, Equipment

Perclose™ ProStyle™ Suture-Mediated Closure and Repair (SMCR) System | Abbott

Jose Dionisio Torres Jr on Instagram: "I know of EM attendings of over 20 years, many have never placed a Sengstaken-Blakemore for an upper gib. Even GI specialists and Acute Care Surgeons havent. Usually placed for UGIB from presumed liver cirrhosis patients with variceal venous bleeding from the esophagus and/or stomach. It can be used for a hemorrhaging gastric stomach ulcer, too. The idea of a tube like this or Minnesota or Linton tubes is you inflate this unique foley like a balloon to tamp

Clara officially got her own AAC device when she was in the hospital recovering from complications from her Second Major Open Heart Surgery. She is learning to use it and it’s amazing to know a little more in depth as to what she’s thinking and the things that she wants to say to us, without the frustration when we cannot seem to understand. This device is her voice and goes everywhere with her. We call it her “talker.” 🖤 | Johanna Traylene

Technology could help pregnant women detect health complications