Yes, it is rather nerve wrecking when something goes wrong…
According to the manual you did the right thing…rinse back the blood (Red 60 alarm)… Hope you did it manually… you know move the red (aterial) line from the patient to the priming spike and open the cycler door and squeeze the saline bag to return the blood something you would do in a power failure situation before the filter gets clotted.
On a Fresenius; we were taught, if you had a minor blood leak you could return the blood and on a major blood leak DO NOT RETURN THE BLOOD…
Great Job …Give yourselfs a pat on the back…Keeping calm and taking your time to return the blood before the filter gets clogged. After this first emergency YOU can Handle anything… Believe it or not there will be more down the road but you ARE capable of handling them all… On the next failure you will be more confident. The main thing to remember is to stay calm and return the blood if possible. As far as the next treatment jitters it will pass once your next treatment is over… DON’T waste the time worrying if it will happen again… Reflect on what you did and knowing that any problem with the treatment your partner and you can take care of it… Think POSITIVE… The only thing better than Home Hemo Dialysis if not having end stage renal disease…Keep up the good work…
HemoHelper