Overview. At Matawan Regional High School, students have the opportunity to take Advanced PlacementÂ® course work and exams. The APÂ® participation rate at Matawan Regional High School is 28 percent. The student body makeup is 51 percent male and 49 percent female, and the total minority enrollment is 31 percent. Matawan Regional High School is the only high school in the Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District.
Download this information. A port-a-cath is an IV (intravenous) catheter that is placed under the skin in a patient who requires frequent administration of chemotherapy, blood transfusions, antibiotics, intravenous feeding, or blood draws.
This device is a catheter (long plastic tube) that is connected to a plastic and metal reservoir (see the picture below). An interventional radiologist will place the port in your chest. This provider is a doctor or a physician assistant with special training in doing this kind of procedure. When the catheter is placed in your chest, the catheter tip will be in the large vein that empties into your heart.