Educate yourself about Foley Urethral Catheter
- Sep 5
- 2 min read
Foley Urethral catheterization is an integral part of urological care. At most places, the insertion and removal of Foley catheter is done by paramedical members of the urologic team. If one is not adequately trained, the patient may face untoward experiences and also develop unwanted complications.
It is therefore necessary that all across our country, we follow a simple, easy to learn & uniform methodology for its insertion, maintenance and removal. With this objective in mind a set of videos have been developed. You can click the link of the desired video and get benefitted.
A. The insertion of Catheter
1. Male urethral Catheterization: Indications & contraindications
This video educates about various clinical indications and contraindications for passing a catheter in an adult male.
2. Male Urethral Catheterization: The Technique
This video demonstrates a technique to catheterize an adult male’s urethra.
3. Problems during Urethral catheterization in a male
This video demonstrates various problems that one may encounter while passing a catheter in a male and how these problems can be sorted out.
4. Problems immediately after Urethral catheterization & solutions
This video educates about various problems that can happen to the patient immediately after urethral catheterization and how can they be prevented and solved.
5. Problems after urethral catheterization & their solutions
This video demonstrates various problems that one may encounter while passing a catheter in a male and how these problems can be sorted out.
B. The Maintenance of Catheter
1. How to make the connection of ureteric catheter with Foley catheter water tight in Hindi
2. How should males take care of their Urethral Catheter Video in Hindi
3. How should males take care of their Urethral Catheter English Video
4. How to take care of the Urobag Video in Hindi
5. How to take care of the Urobag English Video
C. The Removal of Catheter
1. What all to check before removing the Foley Urethral Catheter?
This video recommends the use of a "Pre-catheter Removal checklist" in form of various points of clinical relevance before removing the Foley Urethral Catheter in a male patient.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vifhjV0CHA
2. What precautions to take during removal of the foley urethral catheter in males?
In this video, the method of removal of Foley Urethral Catheter in a male has been demonstrated and various precautions needed during this procedure have been highlighted.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWcv4eoYswg
3. What should you observe in the patient just after removing the foley urethral catheter?
All patients must be carefully watched for a minimum period of 3 hours after the removal of Foley Urethral Catheter. This video highlights what all should be looked for in this crucial "3 hours period".https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qp5beVqqQQ
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A Contribution from “Dalela Academy of Urology” Lucknow
Dr. D. DalelaMs. No. 102, 2024Formerly Vice President& Chiefs of MVP, GAAC
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