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UNIT 4 PROJECT: COMPLICATION INVOLVED IN PROCEDURES

Team:

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Marisela Mesías   

Ivannia Barroso

Edith Espinoza

Tomás Moscoso

1)    List of the complications involved in:

Doing an arterial blood gas (ABG)

·  Bleeding at injection site

·  Hematoma

·  Infection

·  Fainting

IV Injections

·  Bleeding

·  Phlebitis

·  Hypotension

·  Air embolism

·  Fever

·  Infection

2)    ABG

Why the complication can occur?

Because people may have coagulation defects, circulatory compromise at the limb, inadequate collateral arteries practicing Allen test or local infection or bruising at the puncture site.

When they can occur?

Complications arise when hygiene standards are not met or are holding a proper management technique or genetic defects exist in the patient.

What are the chances of the patient having them?

Patients may present complications are those with medical history such as diabetes and other diseases involving coagulation defects. This also occurs in patients who have a weakened immune system.

IV Injection

Why the complication can occur?

Because poor aseptic zone is done or inject the drug has expired

When they can occur?

when organisms are introduced by a contaminated needle or the patient is allergic to   the medication which can cause anaphylaxis.

What are the chances of the patient having them?

Patients may present with these complications when intravenous injection is applied  by an untrained professional.

3)    IV Injections complications

• The Edema sometimes occurs when the drug is accidentally injected into the perivascular tissue occurring inflammation or necrosis at that level.

•  Some people have phlebitis by inflammation of the lining of the vein which is caused by local action of the drug.

 

• There are some people who can get an infection like hepatitis B or AIDS when a reusable poorly sterilized equipment is used. After a subject infected injecting equipment is contaminated, and if this is not well sterilized there is a risk of transmitting the infection to another person who is injected with the same equipment.

• Occasionally, an intravenous injection can cause sudden drop in blood pressure that occurs with dizziness, loss of consciousness, nausea, vomiting and even death within minutes.

 

• Pierce the vein rarely causes bleeding so that blood escapes perivascular tissue forming a hematoma that may disappear spontaneously.

 

 

• Fever may occur after 1 to 3 hours before applying a EV injection, especially if it is high volume manifested by hyperthermia up to 40 ° C.

 

• Air embolism is produced by injecting air into the circulation by the nurse, but this does not happen to everyone.