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(W3 PM) Advance your Practice - CVC Hands-on Workshop

Thursday, September 18, 2025
3:30 PM - 7:30 PM ET
Location: Desoto 2-4
Earn 4.0 CE Hour(s)
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Disclosure(s):
Jack LeDonne, MD, VA-BC: BD/BARD: Consultant (Ongoing); Eloquest Healthcare: Consultant (Ongoing), Speaker's Bureau (Ongoing); Ethicon, BIOPATCH: Speaker's Bureau (Ongoing)
Dennis Woo, RN: Covalon: Consultant (Ongoing); Venocare: Employee (Ongoing)
Gail M. Egan, MS, ANP-C, FSIR: No financial relationships to disclose
Per Rosenkvist: Teleflex: Consultant (Ongoing)
Learn from experts in the field! Elevate your CVAD insertion skills and improve patient outcomes by enrolling in this comprehensive course! Sign up quick, this is sure to sell out.

Learn Neck, Chest, and Mid-thigh CVAD Insertion as well as Advanced Ultrasound Techniques, Tunnelling, ECG tip navigation and Troubleshooting.

Join us for an immersive 4-hour course designed for healthcare professionals seeking to enhance their expertise in central venous access device (CVAD) insertion. This course includes approximately 90 minutes of didactic instruction, followed by six, hands-on skill stations where participants will practice essential techniques with experts. Attendees will receive individualized instruction as instructor to attendee ratio will be a maximum of 6:1.

Prerequisites:

1. Attendees should have knowledge and experience setting up and a maintaining sterile field (gowning, gloving, draping, tray set up, and probe protection).

2. Ultrasound basics: the attendee can follow a needle tip with ultrasound, measure CVR, understand needle angle based on depth of vessel.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand Ultrasound Techniques for CVAD Insertion: Learn the latest ultrasound imaging strategies to improve 1st stick success and reduce/identify (sliding lung) complications in CVAD placement.
  • Understand the technique of Mid-Thigh Insertion: Gain hands-on experience in mid-thigh insertion technique, focusing on patient safety and procedural efficacy.
  • Gain insights on Neck and Chest Insertion: Explore advanced insertion methods for accessing central veins in the neck and chest, including anatomical considerations and patient positioning.
  • Learn true Tunneling techniques: Gain the basics of tunneling techniques, crucial for reducing infection risk and optimizing device placement.
  • Employ Troubleshooting and Complications Management: Discuss common challenges associated with CVADs and develop skills to effectively manage difficult cases and / or complications when they arise.
  • Learn ECG Tip confirmation for CVAD placement: The new gold standard – ECG tip confirmation. Learn the basics of navigating the catheter tip by reading the P wave, either by commercial devices or via a saline column.