Snickers, a medium-to-large mixed-breed dog, likes camping a…
Snickers, a medium-to-large mixed-breed dog, likes camping and hiking with his owners. On a recent hike, however, Snickers got overexcited and ran ahead, ignoring his owner’s whistles and calls. What Snickers thought was an endless run in the woods ended at a sudden drop, resulting in broken bones and a punctured lung. The good news is that, after surgery, it is expected that Snickers will have a long—but nearly complete—recovery. But in this first phase of recovery, he requires a stint of total parenteral nutrition. (a) Which site is most appropriate for Snickers’s TPN? (b) Describe not only body position, but also other strategies you would use to maximize visibility of this particular blood vessel.