Volume 14 - Issue 5 - May, 2006
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Caroline Austin-Mattison, DNP, FNP, BSN, RN; Tanya Sullivan, BSN, RN; Ilias Chehadeh, BSN, RN; Rheoneil Lascano, FNP, RN
D.G. is a 68-year-old African-American female who presented to the North General Hospital Emergency Department (NGH ED) with chest pain that has been present intermittently for several months. The chest pain that drove her to the NGH ED was...
D.G. is a 68-year-old African-American female who presented to the North General Hospital Emergency Department (NGH ED) with chest pain that has been present intermittently for several months. The chest pain that drove her to the NGH ED was...
D.G. is a 68-year-old...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Industry Insider
06/19/2008
PAD Endovascular Device Market Exceeds $1 Billion
A recent analysis published by The Sage Group found that from 2003 to 2005 the dollar value of endovascular devices employed to treat peripheral arterial disease (PAD) increased by almost...
PAD Endovascular Device Market Exceeds $1 Billion
A recent analysis published by The Sage Group found that from 2003 to 2005 the dollar value of endovascular devices employed to treat peripheral arterial disease (PAD) increased by almost...
PAD Endovascular Device Market...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
SICP Chapter News
Gulf Coast Chapter
Please join the GCSICP at their next chapter meeting May 18, 2006 at Maggiano’s Little Italy. The meeting will start at 6:30 pm. Please RSVP to Todd Ginapp, tginapp@houston.rr.com. One CEU will be...
SICP Chapter News
Gulf Coast Chapter
Please join the GCSICP at their next chapter meeting May 18, 2006 at Maggiano’s Little Italy. The meeting will start at 6:30 pm. Please RSVP to Todd Ginapp, tginapp@houston.rr.com. One CEU will be...
SICP Chapter News
Gulf Coast...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Lynne Jones, RN, RCIS, FSICP
This being my very first President's message, I want to start by saying thank you.
Thank you to:
All SICP members. You recognize the importance of being active in your profession. You take the time to contribute as well as broaden your...
This being my very first President's message, I want to start by saying thank you.
Thank you to:
All SICP members. You recognize the importance of being active in your profession. You take the time to contribute as well as broaden your...
This being my very first...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Gerald Lagasse, RCIS
I recently had the good fortune to attend TCT 2005 in Washington, D.C. At the opening session of the nurse and tech conference, I could not help but notice that there were less than five hundred people present. Of those present, I talked to...
I recently had the good fortune to attend TCT 2005 in Washington, D.C. At the opening session of the nurse and tech conference, I could not help but notice that there were less than five hundred people present. Of those present, I talked to...
I recently had the good fortune...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
06/19/2008
Bernie Hinrich, RN, CCRN
What type of procedures are performed at your facility? >
We do coronary angiograms, angioplasties and stenting, intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and Pressure Wire® (Radi Medical Systems, Wilmington, MA), intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP)...
What type of procedures are performed at your facility? >
We do coronary angiograms, angioplasties and stenting, intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and Pressure Wire® (Radi Medical Systems, Wilmington, MA), intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP)...
What type of procedures are...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Dan Rectenwald
Medical robotic equipment is emerging as a solution to this problem. The Siemens-designed digital imaging system (AXIOM Artis dFC Magnetic Navigation, Siemens Medical Solutions, Malvern, PA) can work with magnetic navigation systems to help...
Medical robotic equipment is emerging as a solution to this problem. The Siemens-designed digital imaging system (AXIOM Artis dFC Magnetic Navigation, Siemens Medical Solutions, Malvern, PA) can work with magnetic navigation systems to help...
Medical robotic equipment is...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Dan Rectenwald
Medical robotic equipment is emerging as a solution to this problem. The Siemens-designed digital imaging system (AXIOM Artis dFC Magnetic Navigation, Siemens Medical Solutions, Malvern, PA) can work with magnetic navigation systems to help...
Medical robotic equipment is emerging as a solution to this problem. The Siemens-designed digital imaging system (AXIOM Artis dFC Magnetic Navigation, Siemens Medical Solutions, Malvern, PA) can work with magnetic navigation systems to help...
Medical robotic equipment is...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Can you help your fellow professionals with the following NEW questions?
RCIS Acceptance
I am currently a traveler and am running into more job openings across the country that are only accepting RTs/ARRTs for tech positions in their labs....
Can you help your fellow professionals with the following NEW questions?
RCIS Acceptance
I am currently a traveler and am running into more job openings across the country that are only accepting RTs/ARRTs for tech positions in their labs....
Can you help your fellow...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Upon arrival, I am still struggling to wake up as I punch in a little before 6:30 am. The schedule has 12 cases on for two rooms to complete. This caseload is over our average daily caseload of 10, and is much more than other days of the...
Upon arrival, I am still struggling to wake up as I punch in a little before 6:30 am. The schedule has 12 cases on for two rooms to complete. This caseload is over our average daily caseload of 10, and is much more than other days of the...
Upon arrival, I am still...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Dear Editor,
I am a new graduate of Cardiovascular Technology from the National School of Technology in Miami, Florida. After finishing my internship at Miami Children’s Hospital (in the cath lab), the last part of school requirements, I...
Dear Editor,
I am a new graduate of Cardiovascular Technology from the National School of Technology in Miami, Florida. After finishing my internship at Miami Children’s Hospital (in the cath lab), the last part of school requirements, I...
Dear Editor,
I am a new...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Can you help your fellow professionals with the following NEW questions?
RCIS Acceptance
I am currently a traveler and am running into more job openings across the country that are only accepting RTs/ARRTs for tech positions in their labs....
Can you help your fellow professionals with the following NEW questions?
RCIS Acceptance
I am currently a traveler and am running into more job openings across the country that are only accepting RTs/ARRTs for tech positions in their labs....
Can you help your fellow...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Beyond Success
In the new and explosive era of today’s healthcare, technologies have become the dominant institutional focus for success. Yet The Toledo Hospital relies on a different sort of foundational blueprint, one that has led our...
Beyond Success
In the new and explosive era of today’s healthcare, technologies have become the dominant institutional focus for success. Yet The Toledo Hospital relies on a different sort of foundational blueprint, one that has led our...
Beyond Success
In the new and...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Dear Editor,
I am a new graduate of Cardiovascular Technology from the National School of Technology in Miami, Florida. After finishing my internship at Miami Children’s Hospital (in the cath lab), the last part of school requirements, I...
Dear Editor,
I am a new graduate of Cardiovascular Technology from the National School of Technology in Miami, Florida. After finishing my internship at Miami Children’s Hospital (in the cath lab), the last part of school requirements, I...
Dear Editor,
I am a new...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Beyond Success
In the new and explosive era of today’s healthcare, technologies have become the dominant institutional focus for success. Yet The Toledo Hospital relies on a different sort of foundational blueprint, one that has led our...
Beyond Success
In the new and explosive era of today’s healthcare, technologies have become the dominant institutional focus for success. Yet The Toledo Hospital relies on a different sort of foundational blueprint, one that has led our...
Beyond Success
In the new and...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Fern M. Kaufman, BSN, RN; Dennis Coloski, BS, RN; William H. Matthai, MD
Presently, in many laboratories, the anticoagulant of choice in PCI is unfractionated heparin (UFH). Heparin inhibits reactions that lead to the clotting of blood in the coagulation cascade. In combination with antithrombin III (heparin...
Presently, in many laboratories, the anticoagulant of choice in PCI is unfractionated heparin (UFH). Heparin inhibits reactions that lead to the clotting of blood in the coagulation cascade. In combination with antithrombin III (heparin...
Presently, in many laboratories,...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Letter from the Editor
06/19/2008
Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA
Where is there the most room to improve efficiency in the lab? I believe it is in communication. Better communication will improve efficiency between and among all team members. Let’s look inward first. Communication within oneself is not...
Where is there the most room to improve efficiency in the lab? I believe it is in communication. Better communication will improve efficiency between and among all team members. Let’s look inward first. Communication within oneself is not...
Where is there the most room to...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
