Volume 12 - Issue 9 - September, 2004
Feature
06/19/2008
Question 1: Defibrillation by non-nursing staff?
How does your hospital policy on defibrillation address non-nursing personnel in the cath lab? Are your rad techs or resp therapists allowed to defibrillate if they are ACLS certified? Is that...
Question 1: Defibrillation by non-nursing staff?
How does your hospital policy on defibrillation address non-nursing personnel in the cath lab? Are your rad techs or resp therapists allowed to defibrillate if they are ACLS certified? Is that...
Question 1: Defibrillation by...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Jon E. Jenkins, RN, RCIS; Steve Petet, RN, RCIS
Vascular sealing devices have made their way into most cath labs in North America. Technology and development in this arena continues to improve and expand the horizons of hemostasis management. Patient comfort, efficiency, and...
Vascular sealing devices have made their way into most cath labs in North America. Technology and development in this arena continues to improve and expand the horizons of hemostasis management. Patient comfort, efficiency, and...
Vascular sealing devices have...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Question 1: Defibrillation by non-nursing staff?
How does your hospital policy on defibrillation address non-nursing personnel in the cath lab? Are your rad techs or resp therapists allowed to defibrillate if they are ACLS certified? Is that...
Question 1: Defibrillation by non-nursing staff?
How does your hospital policy on defibrillation address non-nursing personnel in the cath lab? Are your rad techs or resp therapists allowed to defibrillate if they are ACLS certified? Is that...
Question 1: Defibrillation by...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
David E. Allie, MD; Chris J. Hebert, RRT, RCIS; Craig M. Walker, MD, FACC, FACP, FSCAI, FCCP
We designed the staple with a surgeon’s mentality, and chose titanium as the metal. Titanium is a very cheap, very inert metal that actually is what surgeons will implant most of the time with heart valves and with hip replacements. The...
We designed the staple with a surgeon’s mentality, and chose titanium as the metal. Titanium is a very cheap, very inert metal that actually is what surgeons will implant most of the time with heart valves and with hip replacements. The...
We designed the staple with a...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Jill Price, RN
One of the new National Patient Safety Goals per the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) Standards is verifying the correct patient, procedure, and procedure site when performing an invasive procedure.
One of the new National Patient Safety Goals per the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) Standards is verifying the correct patient, procedure, and procedure site when performing an invasive procedure.
One of the new National Patient...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Infographic
06/19/2008
Robert Petrocelli, MS, BS
What are the areas of change you see for the market?
As a company, Heartlab now has approximately 275 customers, which are principally in North America, although we are rapidly expanding into Asia and Europe. I bring this up because we have...
What are the areas of change you see for the market?
As a company, Heartlab now has approximately 275 customers, which are principally in North America, although we are rapidly expanding into Asia and Europe. I bring this up because we have...
What are the areas of change you...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Management
06/19/2008
Roger A. Siegfried, MHA, RCIS, FSICP
Who out there has not had to deal with the staffing shortages facing not only cardiology, but also the healthcare field overall? If you haven’t, then you are one of the lucky few. The nursing shortage alone is expected to hit healthcare...
Who out there has not had to deal with the staffing shortages facing not only cardiology, but also the healthcare field overall? If you haven’t, then you are one of the lucky few. The nursing shortage alone is expected to hit healthcare...
Who out there has not had to...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Highlands Consulting, Inc., San Jose California
Highlands Consulting, Inc., San Jose ...
Why did you choose to work in the invasive cardiology field?
In 1987, a job opportunity came my way via a graduate school alumnus, Mary Murphy, who was already working at the San Francisco Heart Institute. The field was in its early stages...
Why did you choose to work in the invasive cardiology field?
In 1987, a job opportunity came my way via a graduate school alumnus, Mary Murphy, who was already working at the San Francisco Heart Institute. The field was in its early stages...
Why did you choose to work in...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Gina Preston, RD
Shore Memorial is the only local hospital offering a clinical affiliation with the University of Pennsylvania Health System. Through this affiliation, cardiologists from PENN Cardiac Care at University of Pennsylvania Medical...
Shore Memorial is the only local hospital offering a clinical affiliation with the University of Pennsylvania Health System. Through this affiliation, cardiologists from PENN Cardiac Care at University of Pennsylvania Medical...
Shore Memorial is the only local...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Letter from the Editor
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest will, on occasion, publish an article that looks at an accepted issue or standard in an outside-the-box kind of way. We are fortunate to have such an article by Dr. David Allie this month, titled: Vascular Access Site...
Cath Lab Digest will, on occasion, publish an article that looks at an accepted issue or standard in an outside-the-box kind of way. We are fortunate to have such an article by Dr. David Allie this month, titled: Vascular Access Site...
Cath Lab Digest will, on...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Infographic
06/19/2008
Boston Scientific Announces FDA Clearance for Peripheral Cutting Balloon Microsurgical Dilatation Devices
Device Dilates Lesions at Lower Pressures than Traditional Angioplasty
Boston Scientific Corporation has received clearance from the...
Boston Scientific Announces FDA Clearance for Peripheral Cutting Balloon Microsurgical Dilatation Devices
Device Dilates Lesions at Lower Pressures than Traditional Angioplasty
Boston Scientific Corporation has received clearance from the...
Boston Scientific Announces FDA...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Lowell F. Satler, MD
What is the Impella® Recover® LP 2.5 System?
The Impella Recover LP 2.5 device is a percutaneous ventricular unloading catheter. This is a 12-French catheter, placed in the left ventricle, which utilizes a transaxial flow pump to transfer...
What is the Impella® Recover® LP 2.5 System?
The Impella Recover LP 2.5 device is a percutaneous ventricular unloading catheter. This is a 12-French catheter, placed in the left ventricle, which utilizes a transaxial flow pump to transfer...
What is the Impella® Recover® LP...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
06/19/2008
Brenda Neuman; Rose Marie McCafferty, RN, BSN, CEN
What type of procedures are performed at your facility?
At Charlotte Regional Medical Center, we perform diagnostic and interventional procedures, including EP studies, tilt table studies, cardioversions, ablations, automatic implantable...
What type of procedures are performed at your facility?
At Charlotte Regional Medical Center, we perform diagnostic and interventional procedures, including EP studies, tilt table studies, cardioversions, ablations, automatic implantable...
What type of procedures are...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
David E. Allie, MD; Chris J. Hebert, RRT, RCIS; Craig M. Walker, MD, FACC, FACP, FSCAI, FCCP
When endovascular techniques came about almost two decades ago, I was just finishing my training, and I knew I wanted to be involved, so I went to the cath lab. I still spend a great deal of time there, and have for more than 15 years. There...
When endovascular techniques came about almost two decades ago, I was just finishing my training, and I knew I wanted to be involved, so I went to the cath lab. I still spend a great deal of time there, and have for more than 15 years. There...
When endovascular techniques...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Alan W. Heldman, MD
Dr. Heldman was the first to demonstrate effective reduction of coronary restenosis in an animal model with a prototype drug eluting stent. His clinical interests include the treatment and prevention of coronary restenosis; complex coronary...
Dr. Heldman was the first to demonstrate effective reduction of coronary restenosis in an animal model with a prototype drug eluting stent. His clinical interests include the treatment and prevention of coronary restenosis; complex coronary...
Dr. Heldman was the first to...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Joe Glowacki, RN, MSN, NP, RCIS
Four years ago, a group of cardiovascular nurses and technicians from St. Luke’s Medical Center Milwaukee came together to discuss the value of continuing education, the difficulty and expense of obtaining CEUs, and the benefits and...
Four years ago, a group of cardiovascular nurses and technicians from St. Luke’s Medical Center Milwaukee came together to discuss the value of continuing education, the difficulty and expense of obtaining CEUs, and the benefits and...
Four years ago, a group of...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
