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Ash and Groshong Catheters
 Here are the Ash and Groshong catheters. The ruler
is 6" long. The white,larger one is the Ash and has the last 2" cut off that was
sent to the lab for bacterial testing. You can clearly see the "cuff" on both of
them. The blue Groshong catheter still has the stitch attached that was at the
entry site. The Groshong end that is inserted into the vein has two slits, one
above the other, one for each internal tube. The Groshong had a lot hanging out
and I circled it up and taped the ends at the center of my chest for comfort.
The EMLA cream made the extraction painless on the Groshong. I wished I had used EMLA on the ASH, too. I padded the ends of both catheters with a dressing to help prevent chafing my skin. Eric V. To learn more about how a central venous catheter is inserted, click here. |
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