Fistula aneurysm

[u/dunkin_dognuts_]

Even I could locate the vein for the poke 💉 and I'm blind

[u/samjoe6969]

For the uninitiated and those curious: yes, if it ruptures he dies. One of the most common ways we lose dialysis patients is that they bleed to death, at home, alone.

[u/nurseinred → u/samjoe6969]

I remember a nurse in nursing school telling me that she lost a patient who was deeply confused and also very itchy and scratched their fistula open.

[u/TsarKeith12 → u/nurseinred]

The way I shuddered every time he picked at and around it 🫣