Volume 13 - Issue 8 - August, 2005
06/19/2008
Cath lab professionals help one another with day-to-day dilemmas
Cath lab professionals help one anoth...
Ok to hire surgical/scrub techs?
I am opening a new cath lab in Wisconsin and am wondering if there are any legal guidelines we need to follow in hiring Surgical/Scrub techs (STs) in the cath lab. Where I came from, we had a couple STs that...
Ok to hire surgical/scrub techs?
I am opening a new cath lab in Wisconsin and am wondering if there are any legal guidelines we need to follow in hiring Surgical/Scrub techs (STs) in the cath lab. Where I came from, we had a couple STs that...
Ok to hire surgical/scrub...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Annie Ruppert, RN, BSN
When bivalirudin first came on the market, one institution (which wishes to remain unnamed here) did a retrospective analysis of all 475 patients who had a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedure between the months of November 2002...
When bivalirudin first came on the market, one institution (which wishes to remain unnamed here) did a retrospective analysis of all 475 patients who had a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedure between the months of November 2002...
When bivalirudin first came on...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
John Lasala, MD, PhD, FACC, FACP
Background
ARRIVE I (Taxus Peri-Approval Registry, A U.S. Multi-Center Safety Surveillance Program) has enrolled nearly 2,600 consecutive patients at 50 sites in the United States and features Boston Scientific Corporation’s Taxus® Express2...
Background
ARRIVE I (Taxus Peri-Approval Registry, A U.S. Multi-Center Safety Surveillance Program) has enrolled nearly 2,600 consecutive patients at 50 sites in the United States and features Boston Scientific Corporation’s Taxus® Express2...
Background
ARRIVE I (Taxus...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Elad I. Levy, MD
The Conventional Approach
Among the multiple therapeutic modalities and surgical techniques available to treat spinal conditions such as degenerative disc disease, scoliosis, spondylolisthesis, or spinal fracture, one of the more...
The Conventional Approach
Among the multiple therapeutic modalities and surgical techniques available to treat spinal conditions such as degenerative disc disease, scoliosis, spondylolisthesis, or spinal fracture, one of the more...
The Conventional Approach
Among...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Nicolas W. Shammas, MD, MS, FACC, FSCAI, FACP, FSVM
What was your thinking behind the creation of this book?
Learn About Your Heart…Made Simple was actually developed through the efforts of multiple people involved with the Midwest Cardiovascular Research Foundation (MCRF), as well as outside...
What was your thinking behind the creation of this book?
Learn About Your Heart…Made Simple was actually developed through the efforts of multiple people involved with the Midwest Cardiovascular Research Foundation (MCRF), as well as outside...
What was your thinking behind...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Management
06/19/2008
Arby Carlisle, BA, MA, JD
Have you ever watched a street clown spin five plates at once on skinny sticks? Or marveled at the juggler keeping three or four balls in the air while doing tricks? Think of these specialized artists the next time your Risk Manager walks by....
Have you ever watched a street clown spin five plates at once on skinny sticks? Or marveled at the juggler keeping three or four balls in the air while doing tricks? Think of these specialized artists the next time your Risk Manager walks by....
Have you ever watched a street...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Cardiology Services Director, Northwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center, Clarksdale, Mississippi
Cardiology Services Director, Northwe...
I am happily married to my wife Judy and have three children. One is in the Navy, one is a heavy equipment operator, and one is a patient care attendant for the mentally challenged. I am a 30-year veteran of healthcare with twenty-seven years...
I am happily married to my wife Judy and have three children. One is in the Navy, one is a heavy equipment operator, and one is a patient care attendant for the mentally challenged. I am a 30-year veteran of healthcare with twenty-seven years...
I am happily married to my wife...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Technology Pulse
06/19/2008
Warren Grand, RN
Our cath lab is always in search of ways to improve on an old theme. Being new to the cath lab at Passaic Beth Israel Medical Center, I was very impressed by the dedication and outstanding patient care provided by our RTs, CVTs, RNs and...
Our cath lab is always in search of ways to improve on an old theme. Being new to the cath lab at Passaic Beth Israel Medical Center, I was very impressed by the dedication and outstanding patient care provided by our RTs, CVTs, RNs and...
Our cath lab is always in search...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Letter from the Editor
06/19/2008
Know anyone who’s headed into the allied health professionals field? Recently I’ve had two acquaintances tell me they begin schooling in the fall. One is to be a neo-natal nurse; the other is as-yet undecided. I (of course) tried to properly...
Know anyone who’s headed into the allied health professionals field? Recently I’ve had two acquaintances tell me they begin schooling in the fall. One is to be a neo-natal nurse; the other is as-yet undecided. I (of course) tried to properly...
Know anyone who’s headed into...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
06/19/2008
Ronald E. Henry, MB, BS, FSCAI
What is the size of your cath lab facility and number of staff members?
The cath lab facility is a mobile unit, integrated as a fixed unit, adherent to the clinical centre. The staff includes a cardiovascular technician, a radiographer, two...
What is the size of your cath lab facility and number of staff members?
The cath lab facility is a mobile unit, integrated as a fixed unit, adherent to the clinical centre. The staff includes a cardiovascular technician, a radiographer, two...
What is the size of your cath...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
