Volume 16 - Issue 4 - April, 2008
Cath Lab Spotlight
06/19/2008
Peter Alt, RN
What is the size of your cath lab facility and number of staff members? Our facility has 1 dual-use lab. It functions both as a cardiac cath lab and an interventional radiology (IR) lab. Currently, our staff consists of: • 8 part time...
What is the size of your cath lab facility and number of staff members? Our facility has 1 dual-use lab. It functions both as a cardiac cath lab and an interventional radiology (IR) lab. Currently, our staff consists of: • 8 part time...
What is the size of your cath...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Letter from the Editor
06/19/2008
Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA
One of the most stimulating and fun activities in the cath lab is the discovery of a new way to do things. Despite more than 20 years working in the cath lab, I continue to learn something new almost every month. The source of this...
One of the most stimulating and fun activities in the cath lab is the discovery of a new way to do things. Despite more than 20 years working in the cath lab, I continue to learn something new almost every month. The source of this...
One of the most stimulating and...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Study Finds Economic Advantages for 64-Slice CT, SPECT Concludes History of CAD a Factor in Economic Effectiveness of Non-Invasive Methods
A multi-center study has found the cost savings of the two leading non-invasive methods for detecting...
Study Finds Economic Advantages for 64-Slice CT, SPECT Concludes History of CAD a Factor in Economic Effectiveness of Non-Invasive Methods
A multi-center study has found the cost savings of the two leading non-invasive methods for detecting...
Study Finds Economic Advantages...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Industry Insider
06/19/2008
ACIST Medical Systems, offering variable-rate contrast injection systems for cardiac and vascular angiography, is pleased to be the recipient of the Frost & Sullivan Technology Innovation Award. According to Frost and Sullivan, “ACIST...
ACIST Medical Systems, offering variable-rate contrast injection systems for cardiac and vascular angiography, is pleased to be the recipient of the Frost & Sullivan Technology Innovation Award. According to Frost and Sullivan, “ACIST...
ACIST Medical Systems, offering...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Mark Purpura, RCIS
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Letter from the Editor
06/19/2008
Answer or pose a question at cathlabd...
New Questions One IV, no Foley? We are a tertiary care hospital seeing 5,000 patients per year for cath. Our lab routinely starts 2 peripheral IVs and places a Foley catheter for all female patients. What is your practice in you lab? We are...
New Questions One IV, no Foley? We are a tertiary care hospital seeing 5,000 patients per year for cath. Our lab routinely starts 2 peripheral IVs and places a Foley catheter for all female patients. What is your practice in you lab? We are...
New Questions One IV, no Foley?...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Todd Ginapp, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP
“We have some physicians that do unusual things when trying to analyze valves. What is the correct way?” — RCIS Online student
Part I. There really isn’t a ‘right’ way to do it, as long as you get the proper information. However, there...
“We have some physicians that do unusual things when trying to analyze valves. What is the correct way?” — RCIS Online student
Part I. There really isn’t a ‘right’ way to do it, as long as you get the proper information. However, there...
“We have some physicians that do...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Eileen M. Ferguson, RT
The Ninth Annual Educational Conference of the National Society of Radiology Practitioner Assistants (NSRPA) was held at the Gold Coast Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas from February 10-12, 2008. More than 200 radiology physician extenders and...
The Ninth Annual Educational Conference of the National Society of Radiology Practitioner Assistants (NSRPA) was held at the Gold Coast Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas from February 10-12, 2008. More than 200 radiology physician extenders and...
The Ninth Annual Educational...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Mark Purpura, RCIS
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Eileen M. Ferguson, RT
The Ninth Annual Educational Conference of the National Society of Radiology Practitioner Assistants (NSRPA) was held at the Gold Coast Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas from February 10-12, 2008. More than 200 radiology physician extenders and...
The Ninth Annual Educational Conference of the National Society of Radiology Practitioner Assistants (NSRPA) was held at the Gold Coast Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas from February 10-12, 2008. More than 200 radiology physician extenders and...
The Ninth Annual Educational...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
