Erin VanDyke: PE Is an Opportunity to Reflect on How We Could Have Better Handled a DVT
Erin VanDyke, Vice President of NBCA Centers of Excellence, shared a post on LinkedIn:
”’A pulmonary embolism is an opportunity to reflect on how we could have better handled a DVT.
A brilliant friend shared this perspective with me recently, and it hasn’t left my mind since.
Because they’re right.
Too often, we treat DVT and PE as separate events instead of recognizing them for what they are: different faces of the same disease process — venous thromboembolism (VTE).
A PE rarely starts in the lungs.
It starts with missed prevention.
- Delayed recognition.
- Failure to escalate.
- Lack of education.
- Fragmented systems of care.
Without a truly comprehensive understanding of VTE:
- Hospital-acquired events continue to occur
- DVT patients return as PE readmissions
- PE becomes the emergency instead of the warning sign
- Patients fall through gaps between inpatient, outpatient, and community care
This is exactly why comprehensive VTE programs matter.
Not just rapid response.
Not just intervention.
Not just thrombectomy numbers.
- But prevention.
- Education.
- Risk assessment.
- Follow-up.
- Escalation pathways.
- Patient engagement.
- Community awareness.
Real VTE excellence happens when patients, clinicians, hospitals, and communities work together with a shared understanding that DVT and PE are deeply connected.
That is the road to Stop The Clot.
Learn more about the growing National Blood Clot Alliance community and our Centers of Excellence program at stoptheclot.org”
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