Correct Catheter Placement and Incorrect Catheter Placement

Correct Catheter Placement: Catheter enters the Left Internal Jugular V., Permanent Dialysis Catheter Into The Right Atrium. Incorrect Catheter Placement: As the Catheter tip passes the Innominate Vein and into the proximal SCV it gets directed to the left, tears through the Vena Cava wall and perforates the pericardial sac overlying the heart. The catheter tip then exits the pericardium and enters the left pleura. Blood found In Pleura