Volume 10 - Issue 10 - October, 2002
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Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin Preferable Anticoagulation Therapy For Procedure To Re-Establish Heart Rhythm
Using the low-molecular-weight heparin drug enoxaparin (Clexane®/Lovenox®) to prevent blood coagulation while performing...
Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin Preferable Anticoagulation Therapy For Procedure To Re-Establish Heart Rhythm
Using the low-molecular-weight heparin drug enoxaparin (Clexane®/Lovenox®) to prevent blood coagulation while performing...
Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin...
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Cath Lab Digest
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In the June 2002 issue of Cath Lab Digest, there was a table outlining the states and who cross-trains where according to your Email Discussion Group. In Oregon, you stated that only RNs give drugs. Is there a precedence that anyone knows of?...
In the June 2002 issue of Cath Lab Digest, there was a table outlining the states and who cross-trains where according to your Email Discussion Group. In Oregon, you stated that only RNs give drugs. Is there a precedence that anyone knows of?...
In the June 2002 issue of Cath...
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Cath Lab Digest
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In the June 2002 issue of Cath Lab Digest, there was a table outlining the states and who cross-trains where according to your Email Discussion Group. In Oregon, you stated that only RNs give drugs. Is there a precedence that anyone knows of?...
In the June 2002 issue of Cath Lab Digest, there was a table outlining the states and who cross-trains where according to your Email Discussion Group. In Oregon, you stated that only RNs give drugs. Is there a precedence that anyone knows of?...
In the June 2002 issue of Cath...
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Cath Lab Digest
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Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
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Toni Lugger, RCIS; Tiffany Dean, RN; Nancy Pierce, RN; George Bouchoc, CVT; Chris Gordon, RCIS
What is the size of your cath lab and number of staff members?
Overall, there are a total of six rooms and one pre-op/recovery area.
We have three fully dedicated cath labs utilizing the Siemens Coroskop Hi-P and HICOR (Iselin, NJ) with a...
What is the size of your cath lab and number of staff members?
Overall, there are a total of six rooms and one pre-op/recovery area.
We have three fully dedicated cath labs utilizing the Siemens Coroskop Hi-P and HICOR (Iselin, NJ) with a...
What is the size of your cath...
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Cath Lab Digest
Feature
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Carol Mackes, RN
We agreed, as we were both part time, and thought the extra cash would be nice. I had expertise with the equipment side, including networked systems and the cath database. Denise knew the supplies and purchasing side inside out. Between the...
We agreed, as we were both part time, and thought the extra cash would be nice. I had expertise with the equipment side, including networked systems and the cath database. Denise knew the supplies and purchasing side inside out. Between the...
We agreed, as we were both part...
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Cath Lab Digest
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Cary Lunsford, RCIS, FSICP
I was assisting Dr. Kang W. Lee at our hospital with a diagnostic coronary angiogram on a patient with whom I was familiar. The patient was Dr. Julius Gray, a very popular OB/GYN that has delivered countless babies in the southern California...
I was assisting Dr. Kang W. Lee at our hospital with a diagnostic coronary angiogram on a patient with whom I was familiar. The patient was Dr. Julius Gray, a very popular OB/GYN that has delivered countless babies in the southern California...
I was assisting Dr. Kang W. Lee...
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Cath Lab Digest
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Denise McCutchan, RN
At HCOR, we perform diagnostic and some therapeutic procedures, including:
Cardiac and peripheral angiography;
Dobutamine stress-echo (DSE);
Transesophageal echo (TEE); and
Cardioversions.
The lab...
At HCOR, we perform diagnostic and some therapeutic procedures, including:
Cardiac and peripheral angiography;
Dobutamine stress-echo (DSE);
Transesophageal echo (TEE); and
Cardioversions.
The lab...
At HCOR, we perform diagnostic...
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Cath Lab Digest
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Carol Mackes, RN
We agreed, as we were both part time, and thought the extra cash would be nice. I had expertise with the equipment side, including networked systems and the cath database. Denise knew the supplies and purchasing side inside out. Between the...
We agreed, as we were both part time, and thought the extra cash would be nice. I had expertise with the equipment side, including networked systems and the cath database. Denise knew the supplies and purchasing side inside out. Between the...
We agreed, as we were both part...
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Cath Lab Digest
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Why did you choose to work in the invasive cardiology field?
I was employed as a staff nurse in the MICU and was approached in 1987 by the Medical Director of the Cath Lab. He asked if I would be interested in transferring to the cath lab...
Why did you choose to work in the invasive cardiology field?
I was employed as a staff nurse in the MICU and was approached in 1987 by the Medical Director of the Cath Lab. He asked if I would be interested in transferring to the cath lab...
Why did you choose to work in...
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Cath Lab Digest
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Donna Myers, BS, RCIS
Why and how did you become an educator?
After many years of being a clinical preceptor and classroom instructor, I became the Director in February of 2001. I enjoy teaching because I can share my experiences from my career and teach the...
Why and how did you become an educator?
After many years of being a clinical preceptor and classroom instructor, I became the Director in February of 2001. I enjoy teaching because I can share my experiences from my career and teach the...
Why and how did you become an...
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Cath Lab Digest
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Michael "Mike" E. Tangney, AIA
One new heart center, The Wisconsin Heart Hospital, is bringing together new design options in a physical setting that will provide both total care and convenience for inpatients and outpatients. Facility completion is projected for January...
One new heart center, The Wisconsin Heart Hospital, is bringing together new design options in a physical setting that will provide both total care and convenience for inpatients and outpatients. Facility completion is projected for January...
One new heart center, The...
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Cath Lab Digest
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Marsha Holton, CCRN, RCIS, FSICP, BS
Are you ready for a non-data driven lecture? I think it is important to take a look at the topic of pain management from a different perspective, and review how we take care of our patients. You do need the hard data; I am not downplaying its...
Are you ready for a non-data driven lecture? I think it is important to take a look at the topic of pain management from a different perspective, and review how we take care of our patients. You do need the hard data; I am not downplaying its...
Are you ready for a non-data...
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Cath Lab Digest
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Marsha Holton, CCRN, RCIS, FSICP, BS
Are you ready for a non-data driven lecture? I think it is important to take a look at the topic of pain management from a different perspective, and review how we take care of our patients. You do need the hard data; I am not downplaying its...
Are you ready for a non-data driven lecture? I think it is important to take a look at the topic of pain management from a different perspective, and review how we take care of our patients. You do need the hard data; I am not downplaying its...
Are you ready for a non-data...
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Cath Lab Digest
Letter from the Editor
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Once we brought our authors together for the October issue, we were happily surprised by how these two themes resounded throughout their work.
Our authors this month share the results of their experiences after they took ownership of a...
Once we brought our authors together for the October issue, we were happily surprised by how these two themes resounded throughout their work.
Our authors this month share the results of their experiences after they took ownership of a...
Once we brought our authors...
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Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Management
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Carolyn C. Weaver, RN, BSN, MBA
There has been an overabundance of studies on the healthcare staff shortage and its causes. Current trends in staff shortages are shown in Figures 1 and 2.
There are many other factors contributing to the cardiovascular staff shortage,...
There has been an overabundance of studies on the healthcare staff shortage and its causes. Current trends in staff shortages are shown in Figures 1 and 2.
There are many other factors contributing to the cardiovascular staff shortage,...
There has been an overabundance...
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Cath Lab Digest
Feature
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Kate Acquaviva, RCIS, RT(R); Barbara Bloom, RN; William Bachinsky, MD; Robert Aronoff, MD
Imaging Quality & Our Purchase of ACIST
Just before we considered purchasing the ACIST Contrast Management System (CMS), Pinnacle was evaluating 4F diagnostic catheters. It was suggested that we try the ACIST system for more consistent...
Imaging Quality & Our Purchase of ACIST
Just before we considered purchasing the ACIST Contrast Management System (CMS), Pinnacle was evaluating 4F diagnostic catheters. It was suggested that we try the ACIST system for more consistent...
Imaging Quality & Our Purchase...
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Cath Lab Digest
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Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA
Advances in laboratory construction, table design, and manifold materials have added incremental benefit over the last two decades. However, little advancement has been made in power injection systems for ventriculography and coronary...
Advances in laboratory construction, table design, and manifold materials have added incremental benefit over the last two decades. However, little advancement has been made in power injection systems for ventriculography and coronary...
Advances in laboratory...
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What™s your experience with the ACIST CMS?
I think we were among the first labs to use it. We have embraced the ACIST CMS system since the day it was invented, and use it in all of our labs exclusively. We find it speeds up the cases and...
What™s your experience with the ACIST CMS?
I think we were among the first labs to use it. We have embraced the ACIST CMS system since the day it was invented, and use it in all of our labs exclusively. We find it speeds up the cases and...
What™s your experience with...
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Cath Lab Digest
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Kim Carter, BS, RCIS, MSM
Our 12 staff members include:
1 administrative director,
1 clinical coordinator, RN;
3 registered cardiovascular invasive specialists (RCISs);
1 radiologic technologist;
3 registered nurses;
2 per-diem nurses;
1 office...
Our 12 staff members include:
1 administrative director,
1 clinical coordinator, RN;
3 registered cardiovascular invasive specialists (RCISs);
1 radiologic technologist;
3 registered nurses;
2 per-diem nurses;
1 office...
Our 12 staff members include:
...
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Cath Lab Digest
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Antonio Abarca, RT
Right now, Memorial Medical Center is in the process of getting a third lab. We currently have two single plane cath labs. The new addition is a dual Shimadzu Cath/Angio lab (Torrence, CA). It houses a 9 inch and a 16 inch II, both...
Right now, Memorial Medical Center is in the process of getting a third lab. We currently have two single plane cath labs. The new addition is a dual Shimadzu Cath/Angio lab (Torrence, CA). It houses a 9 inch and a 16 inch II, both...
Right now, Memorial Medical...
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