Tag: bladder

Avoid the poor man’s TURP with a Foley by using POCUS

Steve Socransky • October 11, 2017 • 0 Comments

Nurses are really good at putting in Foley catheters. They do it all the time and most of them are really easy to place. Most of them… When they aren’t, who do they ask for help? You bet ya! The emergency physician. If you are like Dr Lloyd Gordon, the first thing that you do […]

Troubleshooting Foley catheters

Greg Hall • October 20, 2015 • 1 Comment

I firmly believe nurses should be trained to use POCUS to trouble shoot Foley catheters. It is not that rare for a difficult Foley insertion to result in a small amount of urine return and then no further drainage or the balloon fails to inflate easily. More often than not, the Foley is still in […]