As the rrt vascular access specialist attempted to insert midline catheter she needed to remove catheter because she did not feel it was in the correct place, she felt resistance while trying to remove and stopped, attempted a second time to remove catheter and felt no resistance.Upon removal of the catheter she noticed it looked short and realized that the catheter was not intact.She used the ultrasound to scan the vessel and saw what she thought appeared to be the catheter in the brachial vein.A call was placed to vascular surgeon, while pressure was held above the site.The vascular surgeon instructed to cover the insertion site then apply a 3m¿ tegaderm¿ dressing on the insertion site.The patient did not appear to be in any distress during any of this.Patient had surgery the next day under local/iv sedation.In speaking with the vascular surgeon after the surgery, he was of the opinion that the catheter tip wasn't in the brachial vein but in the soft tissue.Device manufacturer would like the catheter so they can investigate.
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