Volume 16 - Issue 3 - March, 2008
Feature
06/19/2008
Answer or pose a question at cathlabdigest@aol.com. New Questions
Cross-Training Duties In a cross-trained lab, do RTs and CVTs document equipment only and the RN separately handles the moderate sedation and patient care documentation?...
Answer or pose a question at cathlabdigest@aol.com. New Questions
Cross-Training Duties In a cross-trained lab, do RTs and CVTs document equipment only and the RN separately handles the moderate sedation and patient care documentation?...
Answer or pose a question at...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Gerald Lagasse, RCIS
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Michael C. Foster, MD, FACC
Is there enough awareness in the interventional community about intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)?
From my perspective, the answer is clearly no. IVUS is a powerful tool that is not being properly utilized. It is under-considered and too many...
Is there enough awareness in the interventional community about intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)?
From my perspective, the answer is clearly no. IVUS is a powerful tool that is not being properly utilized. It is under-considered and too many...
Is there enough awareness in the...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
06/19/2008
Deryck Yarde, RN, BSN, CCRN; Haleh Eskandari, RN, MSN, CCRN, RCIS
What is the size of your cath lab facility and number of staff members? Our cath lab consists of seven cath lab suites, including one peripheral lab, two dedicated electrophysiology (EP) labs and one electrophysiology (EP)/cath lab, and...
What is the size of your cath lab facility and number of staff members? Our cath lab consists of seven cath lab suites, including one peripheral lab, two dedicated electrophysiology (EP) labs and one electrophysiology (EP)/cath lab, and...
What is the size of your cath...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Mark Bowles, BSN, CCRN
Why did you choose to work in the invasive cardiology field? Critical care nursing is one of the most stable positions when compared to any other nursing job. After 11 years, a change seemed in order. Cardiology was always a favorite subject...
Why did you choose to work in the invasive cardiology field? Critical care nursing is one of the most stable positions when compared to any other nursing job. After 11 years, a change seemed in order. Cardiology was always a favorite subject...
Why did you choose to work in...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Can you tell us about the cath lab at Children’s Hospital of Michigan? Children’s Hospital of Michigan is a part of the Detroit Medical Center. We have two Siemens bi-plane cath labs and 8 staff: 4 technologists and 4 nurses, with 13...
Can you tell us about the cath lab at Children’s Hospital of Michigan? Children’s Hospital of Michigan is a part of the Detroit Medical Center. We have two Siemens bi-plane cath labs and 8 staff: 4 technologists and 4 nurses, with 13...
Can you tell us about the cath...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
James Burns, RN, MBA
There is significantly more peripheral vasculature than cardiac, and often disease in one area indicates disease in another. Furthermore, many of the diagnostic and interventional procedures to treat cardiac and vascular disease are based on...
There is significantly more peripheral vasculature than cardiac, and often disease in one area indicates disease in another. Furthermore, many of the diagnostic and interventional procedures to treat cardiac and vascular disease are based on...
There is significantly more...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Stephan Achenbach, MD, FESC, FACC
You have seen cardiac CT evolve over time. With the advent of CTs offering faster rotation speeds and better coverage, where do you feel CT fits into a cardiologist’s arsenal of medical equipment today?
I think CT has become sufficiently...
You have seen cardiac CT evolve over time. With the advent of CTs offering faster rotation speeds and better coverage, where do you feel CT fits into a cardiologist’s arsenal of medical equipment today?
I think CT has become sufficiently...
You have seen cardiac CT evolve...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Letter from the Editor
06/19/2008
Susan Heilman; John Rader; Jennifer Williams
As the range of today’s cardiovascular procedures continues to expand and their sites of service shift, familiarity with coding and reimbursement changes is critically important to assure compliance with CMS’s regulations and appropriate...
As the range of today’s cardiovascular procedures continues to expand and their sites of service shift, familiarity with coding and reimbursement changes is critically important to assure compliance with CMS’s regulations and appropriate...
As the range of today’s...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Michael C. Foster, MD, FACC
Is there enough awareness in the interventional community about intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)?
From my perspective, the answer is clearly no. IVUS is a powerful tool that is not being properly utilized. It is under-considered and too many...
Is there enough awareness in the interventional community about intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)?
From my perspective, the answer is clearly no. IVUS is a powerful tool that is not being properly utilized. It is under-considered and too many...
Is there enough awareness in the...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
