Discussions: Driveline Management

Hello, does anyone know of a nurse or where I can go for a dressing change in Corpus Christi, TX? I am traveling there soon for a couple of weeks and will not have my caregiver with me that does my changes. Any help is appreciated!

My husband has had his Heartmate 3 for almost a year now. He has days where he gets a stinging pain at the drive line site. We have not been able to get an explanation for this. Has anyone else experienced this, know what causes this, or how to eliminate it?

Hello A dear friend of mine has just received and HVAD and will be coming home from hospital within a week. Some ladies and I are working on moving her bedroom downstairs and wanted to setup an area to store all the bandages, equipment and items needed for driveline management. What has been the...

I got my LVAD 6 months ago. I have had to overcome many obstacles but now I am happy emotionally and physically. My only concern at the moment is my driveline exit. It's worse than it was 6 months ago, particularly the red shading next to the exit point. My caregiver does an excellent dressing...

Hi everyone, my name is Mike, my LVAD was implanted September 27th 2022. So far so good. I am getting stronger by the day. Do my 2-3 mile walk every day and go to Cardiac Rehab. I am playing golf every Saturday. My only issues are a daily bout of double vision which lasts about 15 seconds and some...

Been dealing with a rash around the port area. Port is not infected. My skin can't take anymore adhesive. Wondering if anyone has experienced this situation. Any help or suggestion would help!!!

Hello... I have 9 Centurion Driveline Management System Kits. Part number DT17415. If you can use these please let me know; no charge, of course. I also have a few extra foley anchors. Just cleaning out supplies we no longer need.

Hi Everyone, My name is Arthur Canga, I'm from Brazil. My dad got the heartmate 3 this past July and i would like to get a few tips or some suggestions to protect his driveline during the shower. What kind of bandage is more secure to avoid his driveline of getting wet? He is starting to get some...

Hi. I am new the this forum. My husband had his LVAD implant in late August 2021. He is still experiencing heavy drainage from the driveline. We are changing his daily dressings every 2-3 days. The site itself looks really good and is not the concern. Our LVAD team has recently suggested taking...

I just received my LVAD on 6-24–19. I am now allowed to shower. I was just wondering what you cover driveline dressing with?

Hi! I recently received a heart transplant(!!!) and I have 24 extra driveline management 'kits' available. See picture below of 1 of the kits, they are all exactly the same. If someone can use these I am willing to ship them to you free of charge(within USA only, please). Leave a reply here if...

Just wondering if anyone else have ongoing scabs around the drive line my doctor says the site looks good no infections and it would never heal because no matter how secure the line is it still moves. Had my lvad since Aug 2018 doing well even went to my winter camp for ice fishing and my inverter...

My husband is possibly going to get an lvad shortly. Will he be able to learn how to maintain his own driveline. I like to travel and would like him to be able to do this while I am away.

Does anybody have any experience or knowledge about using UV lights for driveline sterilization/disinfection? Saw an old post which referenced using a UV light from Amazon to disinfect the area around the driveline where it enters the body before applying sterile bandage. Tried to do some research...

My husband received his new heart on June 4th. We have a large amount of supplies to share for the cost of shipping. Please let me know if you have need of any of the following: 2" and 4" gauze 2" and 4" driveline sponge rolls of 2" and 4" medipore tape hibiclens sterile water hair bonnets foley...

My husband got his LVAD June 2018. We JUST received the first invoice for dressing supplies and it was $3,443!! Our cost after insurance for Chloraprep is $202. A box of sterile gloves $75, Foley anchors (which are terrible and always come off but that's another story) are $62.00 The company is...

I am the proud owner of a Heartmate 3 LVAD. I have had it for 15 months now and have has an interesting ride, but that is for a later post. My issues have been with driveline management and skin rashes. My skin is very sensitive to tape and adhesives and it has been a challenge to find the most...

My mother had an lvad implant in June 2019. The waist binders she has to keep her driveline secure are rough and scratchy. Does anyone have suggestions for alternate binders. She’s fairly petite. I appreciate any suggestions!