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Volume 13 - Issue 5 - May, 2005

Industry Insider
The New Wave of Imaging Specialists, the RPA-RAs, Hold Their Sixth Annual Conference
06/19/2008
Chuck Williams, BS, RCSA, RCIS, RT, CPFT, CCT; Bhawna Oberoi, BSRS
The National Society of Radiology Practitioners Assistants (NSRPA) held their Sixth Annual Conference at the Orleans Casino and Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada on January 31-February 1, 2005. Founded in 1999, the NSRPA conference is an annual...
The National Society of Radiology Practitioners Assistants (NSRPA) held their Sixth Annual Conference at the Orleans Casino and Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada on January 31-February 1, 2005. Founded in 1999, the NSRPA conference is an annual...
The National Society of...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Ask the Clinical Instructor: A Q&A column for those new to the cath lab
06/19/2008
Jason Wilson, RCIS
I am about to graduate from my CVT program and I need to get a job. This is the first time I have had to write a resume. What tips could you give me? A good resume is very important for finding the job that you want. With a good resume, you...
I am about to graduate from my CVT program and I need to get a job. This is the first time I have had to write a resume. What tips could you give me? A good resume is very important for finding the job that you want. With a good resume, you...
I am about to graduate from my...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
Integration Provides Multiple Benefits at Sun City
06/19/2008
Valerie Meier, RN
For the nation’s top health care centers, the common denominator is the continual challenge to enhance quality, while meeting increased demand for services. Sun City Cardiac Center in Arizona is no exception. Faced with this daunting goal,...
For the nation’s top health care centers, the common denominator is the continual challenge to enhance quality, while meeting increased demand for services. Sun City Cardiac Center in Arizona is no exception. Faced with this daunting goal,...
For the nation’s top health care...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Letter from the Editor
What does E=mc2 have to do with the cath lab?
06/19/2008
Rebecca Kapur (Yospyn)
Author Philip Cenci is our inaugural winner of the Einstein Award this month, an award suggested by board member Steve Gressmire. Cath Lab Digest will reserve this award for those cath lab professionals sharing ideas that are simple in...
Author Philip Cenci is our inaugural winner of the Einstein Award this month, an award suggested by board member Steve Gressmire. Cath Lab Digest will reserve this award for those cath lab professionals sharing ideas that are simple in...
Author Philip Cenci is our...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
Citrus Memorial Hospital
06/19/2008
Eric M. Shiffer, RCIS
What is the size of your cath lab facility and number of staff members? We have two cath suites, and a six-bed pre/post unit with a total of 18 FTEs and 2 PRNs. Staff consists of 6 CVTs/RTs, 11 RNs, 1 Manager (RCIS), and 1 unit...
What is the size of your cath lab facility and number of staff members? We have two cath suites, and a six-bed pre/post unit with a total of 18 FTEs and 2 PRNs. Staff consists of 6 CVTs/RTs, 11 RNs, 1 Manager (RCIS), and 1 unit...
What is the size of your cath...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Useful Technique For Continuous Pulse Monitoring During Sheath Removal
06/19/2008
Philip Cenci, RN
When patients have received Plavix® (clopidogrel, Bristol-Meyers Squibb, New York, NY), Integrilin® (eptifibatide, Millenium Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, MA) or Reopro® (abciximab, Eli Lilly and Co., Indianapolis, IN), the patient is closely...
When patients have received Plavix® (clopidogrel, Bristol-Meyers Squibb, New York, NY), Integrilin® (eptifibatide, Millenium Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, MA) or Reopro® (abciximab, Eli Lilly and Co., Indianapolis, IN), the patient is closely...
When patients have received...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
Cath Lab Digest Email Discussion Group*
06/19/2008
Discussion group members responded to the questions below, and emails are included for any questions readers may have regarding a particular lab’s policies. If you’d like to join our group, please send an email to:...
Discussion group members responded to the questions below, and emails are included for any questions readers may have regarding a particular lab’s policies. If you’d like to join our group, please send an email to:...
Discussion group members...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Letter from the Editor
Right-Sizing Supplies with Automation: The Experience of Christus St. Frances Cabrini`s Cardiac Cath Lab
06/19/2008
John B. Crane, III, RN, BSN; Tonya McGlothlin; Arun Karsan
Our cath lab was not unlike many others I’ve seen. Our physicians and patients had the needed resources, but we knew operations could be improved. We spent too much time on activities we weren't trained for or didn't want to do. Most...
Our cath lab was not unlike many others I’ve seen. Our physicians and patients had the needed resources, but we knew operations could be improved. We spent too much time on activities we weren't trained for or didn't want to do. Most...
Our cath lab was not unlike many...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
Problems and Complications of the Transradial Approach for Coronary Interventions: A Review
06/19/2008
J. Tift Mann, III, MD, FACC; Elizabeth Bazemore, BS
The benefits of the transradial approach have clearly been documented in numerous studies in the past ten years.1-9 Access site bleeding complication rates are lower and early ambulation results in a significant reduction in patient morbidity...
The benefits of the transradial approach have clearly been documented in numerous studies in the past ten years.1-9 Access site bleeding complication rates are lower and early ambulation results in a significant reduction in patient morbidity...
The benefits of the transradial...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Management
Creating a Superior Work Culture
06/19/2008
Jeff Doucette
Today’s healthcare market is changing before our eyes. Each of us is facing an aging workforce, pressure to streamline process and reduce costs, and complexity in patient care that has never been seen before. In the midst of all this, leaders...
Today’s healthcare market is changing before our eyes. Each of us is facing an aging workforce, pressure to streamline process and reduce costs, and complexity in patient care that has never been seen before. In the midst of all this, leaders...
Today’s healthcare market is...
06/19/2008
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