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Conditions
Breast Cancer
Chronic Kidney Disease
Head and Neck Cancer
Lymphedema
Infection: Signs and Symptoms
Lymph System Injury
Lymphedema Conditions
Other Conditions
Post-Surgical
Protected Upper Extremity Conditions
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Methodologies
EASE: What To Do When At First You Don’t Succeed With IV or PICC Line Insertion.
Integrating Save The Arm Methodology Into Clinical Work Flows
The 5 A’s: A Methodology for Preventing Upper Extremity Injury.
The Five A’s of Invasive Upper Extremity Interventions and EASE.
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Condition Specific Resources
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Lymphedema Resources
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For Healthcare Providers
Medicare And End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)
The End Stage Renal Disease Quality Initiative (ESRD QI)
The Medicare Fistula First Breakthrough Initiative
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Solutions
Plan for Safety and Success: 10 Steps for Healthcare Workers and Institutions.
Plan for Safety and Success: 10 Steps for Patients
Plan for Safety and Success: 11 Steps for Insurers and Payors
About
Every day preventable accidents and injuries occur to patients involving the safe and individual patient appropriate use of intravenous access, injections and use of occlusive devices. These injuries are often tragic, have longlasting implications for patients and medical staff and in almost all instances, are all completely proeventable. Save The Arm is a site dedicated to the education and proliferation of knowledge related to medical conditions which require persons to avoid needle sticks, intravenous line access placement PICC line placement and/or placement of blood pressure cuffs or occlusive devices in an arm to reduce the chance of injury or to prevent damage to a limb that might be used at some future point for percutaneous dialysis access. Save The Arm also proposes to better educate patients and medical staff about patients which might need to avoid needle sticks, IV access, PICC line access and/or trauma/pressure to an arm. Such conditions include but are not exclusively limited to: Patients likely requiring the need for future arterio-venous (AV) fistula or graft access in a forearm for hemodialysis access. Patients with existing AV fistula or graft access who should not receive sticks, IV access or PICC line access in the affected arm. Patients with acquired lymphedema conditions secondary to things…
Your Story
We’d be honored if you’ll share your story about Lymphedema. Your name will be published, so please only fill out your first name, or choose a username instead of your real name. Your email address will NOT be published. Questions to consider answering in sharing your story are: What are you currently doing to protect your arm? Do you discuss your condition with your healthcare providers? Are you concerned that you may be in an emergency situation where you can not speak, and someone draws blood from that arm? What are you doing to prepare for that? [si-contact-form form='1']
Contact Us
Address: 3401 Heritage Hills Parkway Claremore, OK 74019 USA Telephone: 918. 923.6216 Fax: 918. 923.6216 Email: administrator@savethearm.com
About
The Problem
Scope Of Problem
Applicable Medical Conditions
How Save The Arm(TM) Works
Governance and Staff
Officers and Employees
Started With Patients For Patients
Save The Arm(TM) Model for Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Conditions
Breast Cancer
Head and Neck Cancer
Lymphedema
Lymph System Injury
Infection: Signs and Symptoms
Lymphedema Conditions
Other Conditions
Post-Surgical
Upper Extremity
Products
Alert Safety Sleeves
Pre-Made
Cut To Order Disposables
Alert Safety Tape
Alert Safety Stickers
Alert Safety Tattoos
Posters, Visual Aids and Campaign Materials
Alert Wallet Card
Methodologies
The 5 A’s
EASE
Integrating 5 A’s and EASE
Solutions
10 Steps for Healthcare Workers and Institutions.
10 Steps for Patients
11 Steps for Insurers and Payors
Community
Tell Your Story
Patient Stories
Patient Tributes
Health Care Provider and Worker Stories
Stories: Other
Become a Registered/ Certified Save The Arm(TM) Institution
Resources
Condition Specific Resources
Chronic Kidney Disease Resources
Lymphedema Resources
Protected Arm Resources
For Healthcare Providers
Medicare And End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)
The Medicare Fistula First Breakthrough Initiative
The End Stage Renal Disease Quality Initiative (ESRD QI)
For Patients and Families
Free Downloads.
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2011
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