10 most extreme places on Earth. A hydrostatic mower is a lawnmower that operates on a system of hydraulics rather than using belts and gears to run the machine. It is powered by a hydrostatic transmission, which is made up of a hydraulic pump and a hydraulic motor.
A central venous catheter, also called a central line, is a long, thin, flexible tube used to give medicines, fluids, nutrients, or blood products over a long period of time, usually several weeks or more. A catheter is often inserted in the arm or chest through the skin into a large vein.
If you are unable to advance the catheter tip to central venous circulation, you may consider using the catheter as a midline . Position the midline catheter tip so that it terminates in the proximal portion of the leg, parallel to the femur, or in the arm, parallel to the humerus. 6 If the PICC has been placed in the scalp, make sure that the tip terminates in the external jugular vein.