Seldinger Suprapubic Catheter Kit

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Seldinger Suprapubic CatheterKit
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Introducing Set

• Contents
• 2 x 10ml Syringe
• Scalpel
• needle
• Guide wire
• trocar and peelable sheath
• Low profile silicone catheter (14fr )

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Local Anaesthetic

• Administer local anaesthetic approximately 2
  3cm above the symphysis pubis in the midline

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Small Incision

• make a small incision at this point

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Create Track

• inject local anaesthetic along a track from the
  skin down to the bladder perpendicular to the
  skin

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Remove Syringe

• continue to advance the needle until fluid from
  the bladder can be freely aspirated
• remove the syringe from the needle

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Insert Guide Wire

• Insert the guidewire through the needle, floppy
  end first, up to the first black mark
• remove the needle being careful to hold the
  guidewire in position

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Insert Trocar

• feed the trocar over the guidewire ensuring that
  it is not pushed further into the bladder
• gently push the trocar into the bladder with a
  twisting action

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Remove

• remove the trocar and guidewire from the outer
  sheath
• place your thumb over the end of the trocar to
  prevent excess fluid from escaping

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Insert Foley Catheter

• insert the Foley catheter down the sheath to
  approximately the mid point of the catheter
  length

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Inflate catheter balloon

• inflate the catheter balloon with 5ml of sterile
  water

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Remove dilator

• slide the sheath back along the shaft until it
  is external to the abdomen

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Completely remove dilator with sheath

• pull the sheath apart and remove it from the
  catheter.