Letting the second senior sister rest well, Xie Wanying and Lau Jingyun only chatted with the patient for a while before heading back to school.
Monday afternoon arrived in the blink of an eye.
The elderly lady in bed number 8 was scheduled for surgery tomorrow. Considering the possibility of emergent critical care required during and after the surgery, it was decided to proceed with central venous catheterization. The advantage of leaving a catheter after a central venous puncture is that, during infusions, medications enter the central vein and reach the heart much faster than through peripheral veins, which is crucial for patients in urgent need of resuscitation.
Generally speaking, doctors prefer to choose the subclavian vein for central venous puncture because it is easier to secure and care for than internal jugular, external jugular, and femoral veins.
