ISAVE That Podcast
The ISAVE That Podcast is broadcast by the Association for Vascular Access, which has been at the forefront of protecting and saving lives through best practices and patient advocacy since 1985. AVA advances research, provides professional and public education to shape practice and enhance patient outcomes and partners with the device manufacturing community to bring about evidence-based innovations in vascular access. The podcast serves as one of AVA's platforms for discussing research, emerging trends, patient advocacy efforts, clinical controversies and vascular access innovators.
Episodes
Judy talks to Dr. Greg Shears about a wide array of vascular access topics. The main focus being central venous access device practice and tip termination. Join these two for our podcast as we start to travel to Kissimmee, Florida for AVA's Annual Scientific Meeting!
See YouTube video - https://youtu.be/-2UarFXcio0
Join Judy as she discusses vascular access practice with Dr. Jack LeDonne MD, VA-BC, Dr. Adam Friedlander MD, Dennis Woo RN, VA-BC
Our physician partners are the top of the food chain in medicine. We look up to them and respect their knowledge. Conversely, we scratch our heads at their practice in vascular access!
Why are they blindly poking groins? Why are they still suturing lines? W...
Judy and Dennis (TheVascular Guy) discuss the importance of patient-centered care, the challenges of managing patients with sensitive skin sensitivities, and the need for alternative solutions like Covalon's dressings. They also explore the potential trend of increased skin sensitivity, the use of chlorhexidine and silicone-based dressings for patient care, and the importance of thorough patient assessment and providing multip...
In the inaugural episode of Season 8, Judy welcomes Bill Poirier, the Executive Director of the Renal Healthcare Association (RHA). RHA provides a support network for independent and community-based dialysis providers. Today, our association has evolved into a trusted leader, serving as a collective voice and advocate for the industry, promoting growth, innovation, and collaboration among our members.
Both AVA and RHA serve many of...
Join us as we discuss an exciting addition to the vascular access arsenal of tools. IntraCav AI is an amazing tool for so many many purposes! Listen in as two of the creators of IntraCav AI, Dennis Woo (The Vascular Guy), and Mike Stern MD describe how it works and some of the capabilities.
In this episode, Judy and Toni talk to Nancy Trick about her career in vascular access. We discuss the process of becoming a Herbst nominee. Join us as Nancy talks about being nominated and becoming the honoree of AVA's highest award.
In this episode of the ISavethatPodcast, Judy welcomes Todd Heslep, DTEAM Chair for our conference. Together we talk to Regina Holliday who is the Keynote speaker this year in Denver, Colorado September 28th.
In this episode of the ISaveThatPodcast Judy and Toni talk to Colleen Patterson about her life with vascular access needs. Following Colleen, Judy and Toni discuss the struggle of one family to get the most appropriate vascular access device for their child. This discussion comes from the home health nurse, Lee Gorschboth and the mom (caretaker) Mary Peckham. We as a community of clinicians need to do a better job of listening to o...
In this episode of the I Save that Podcast, AVA's own Toni Sochor takes the lead in interviewing Dennis Woo "The Vascular Guy" and Ketacha Maragh "IV_Key_" two Social Media Icons in the vascular access world. As you can imagine, these two are fun, animated, smart, insightful, and offer a unique perspective of this growing field of influencers.
In this episode of the Save that Podcast, Judy Thompson, AVA’s Director of Clinical Education, welcomes Antonia (Toni) Sochor (AVA Clinical Education Specialist), Tonya Hutchison, (AVA COO), and Michelle DeVries (AVA President). What are our hopes for the organization? Give a listen! Tonya addresses some of the burning questions (suggestions) from our scientific meeting.
In this episode of the ISAVE That Podcast, Judy Thompson, Director of Clinical Education and Blake Hotchkiss talk with Sandy Conn to discuss Vascular Access concerns with Medical Adhesive-Related Skin Injury (MARSI).
You don't want to miss the pearls of wisdom from Sandy Conn! How can you tell if the skin irritation is due to CHG or the adhesive? What are the patterns to look for? This and more will be discussed.
In this episode of the ISAVE That Podcast, Judy Thompson, Director of Clinical Education talks with Dr. Gregory Schears and Tonja Stevens, past AVA President to discuss the tools of the trade for improving vascular access device insertion outcomes. Better insertion practices make for better vessel health and preservation and that's exactly what this episode highlights. The Association for Vascular Access would like to give a s...
In this episode of the ISAVE That Podcast, Judy Thompson, AVA Director of Clinical Education talks with Lori Kaczmarek MSN, RN, VA-BC about how tissue adhesive is making big waves with all types of vascular access devices. From neonates to geriatric patient populations, the use of tissue adhesive to secure and protect insertion sites is improving clinical outcomes. The Association for Vascular Access would like to give a special t...
This episode of the I Save That Podcast is supported by Parker Laboratories. AVA has been in the middle of the debate regarding low, intermediate, and high-level disinfection of ultrasound probes used for vascular access procedures for a very long time. In this episode, Judy discusses a new product that just recently was awarded FDA clearance for HLD of US Probes. Judy discusses Tristel’s products ULT and Duo. ULT was just recentl...
In the first segment AVA’s Director of Clinical Education, Judy Thompson, and Blake Hotchkiss (AVA’s Education Specialist) invite Stephanie Pitts DNP, RN, CPN, VA-BC, NEA-BC to discuss tips and tricks for delivering impactful presentations. This fun, insightful, and self-deprecating discussion highlight each of these seasoned presenters ‘top five tips, tricks, and what not to do’s.
Segment two features Judy and Jack Lau. Jack w...
Gary Wakeford the CEO of SonoStik and Dr. Greg Schears MD a Pediatric Intensivist and Anesthesiologist join Judy Thompson and Blake Hotchkiss to talk about the challenges of Difficult IV Access (DIVA) patients. In this episode of the ISAVE That Podcast series we explore the challenging conditions that arise when we assess our patients and troubleshoot challenges in access. We’ll explore SonoStik’s solution to the challenging vascul...
Welcome to our 2022 year-end podcast! In this episode Judy and Blake talk to our incoming president Tonya Heim, MHA, MSN, RN, NEA-BC. Learn about her, her career, and what she hopes to accomplish as she leads our association in 2023.
Judy talks to Matt Ostroff about his upcoming book, presenting at AVASM22, and the 2022 ANCC Magnet Prize® awarded to St. Joseph's University Medical Center.
Thank you to Nexus Medical for sponsoring this episode of iSaveThat Podcast!
Judy talks to Dr. Mike Serle about the recent AVA Scientific meeting and discusses the CKD population.
The Association for Vascular Access would like to thank Medtronic for sponsoring this episode.
In this episode, Judy talks to Jack LeDonne MD and Michelle DeVries. Jack shares the 4 universal challenges he sees in all facilities he visits. Michelle and Judy discuss dressing disruptions and difficult situations with adhesives.
This Podcast is sponsored by Covalon:
Learn more about VALGuard here: https://covalon.com/clabsi
Learn more about IV Clear here: https://covalon.com/gentle
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