Intravascular catheters are indispensable to modern-day medical care, particularly for management of critically ill patients. Although indwelling catheters afford many benefits, they are known to be associated with an increased risk of complications such as local site infection, catheter-related blood stream infection, septic thrombophlebitis, endocarditis, and other metastatic infections (e.g. lung abscess, brain abscess, osteomyelitis, and endophthalmitis).

This course is designed to provide hospital staff with the knowledge necessary to reduce the risk of complications that may result from the insertion and maintenance of central venous catheters.

This course will address:

• professional qualifications and responsibilities of those clinicians that insert catheters; supervise catheter insertions; and monitor patients during catheter insertion.
• methods for selecting an insertion site, proper positioning of the patient and monitoring vital parameters during catheter placement.
• pre-procedure preparation of the patient’s skin and aseptic technique applicable to insertion of a CVC.
• considerations in the ongoing maintenance of the CVC.
• administrative steps and required documentation regarding CVC placement.

This course pertains to all credentialed staff who insert central venous catheters in adult and pediatric patients (excluding neonates) in all New York Presbyterian Hospital campus settings. Questions pertaining to the content of this course may be referred to:

Joseph T. Cooke, MD
e-mail: jcooke@med.cornell.edu
telephone: 212-746-2250

INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING THIS COURSE

Register for this course by clicking the registration link located at the bottom of this page.  Course material is presented in small digestible sections followed by exam questions pertaining to the information in the segment covered. As you read through the material on the course pages, you will occasionally be prompted to answer exam questions. There are 9 short pages of course material and 12 multiple choice exam questions. You must achieve a minimum grade of 75% (9 correct answers) to receive a certificate of completion.  Each registrant is given two opportunities to successfully complete the course presented here.

The course software does not permit you to page back from the exam questions. You must be sure that you understand the material presented in each segment before proceeding to the associated exam questions. When you have answered the last exam question, the Course Results page will display. This page will contain your final grade and allow you to immediately view/print your Certificate if you have achieved the minimum passing score of 75%. Once the course has been successfully completed, your Certificate will be available at all times from your Control Panel.  The course does not need to be completed in a single online session. You can log off at any point and return to the course at your convenience. 

The Course Reference Page is available to you upon successful completion of this course. This page provides links to documents from reputable sources which contain information relevant to material that is covered in this course including the full text of the course.

REGISTRATION

There is no registration fee required from NYP physicians and staff who register for this course. 

If you require technical assistance with completing this course, please contact CEO Customer Service at 888-345-6788 or send e-mail to ceo.contact7@proceo.com.