Volume 17 - Issue 11 - November, 2009
Cath Lab Management
11/04/2009
Richard J. Merschen, EdS, MS, RT(R)(CV), RCIS
Abstract
Quality control is essential to providing optimal staff and patient safety, as well as the best procedural outcomes possible. While it may seem tedious and mundane at times, high-caliber quality control is necessary to keep the lab...
Abstract
Quality control is essential to providing optimal staff and patient safety, as well as the best procedural outcomes possible. While it may seem tedious and mundane at times, high-caliber quality control is necessary to keep the lab...
Abstract
Quality control is...
11/04/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Quality Control
11/05/2009
Nick Kovacic
Whether you are talking about proper handling and storage of drug-eluting stents, plasma supplies, or protecting anticoagulants from humidity-caused deterioration, there is a wide range of drugs and other supplies in the typical cath lab that...
Whether you are talking about proper handling and storage of drug-eluting stents, plasma supplies, or protecting anticoagulants from humidity-caused deterioration, there is a wide range of drugs and other supplies in the typical cath lab that...
Whether you are talking about...
11/05/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
11/04/2009
Patricia Brown, RN, BSN
What is the size of your interventional lab and number of staff?
Our interventional laboratory department is made up of six interventional labs that service cardiac cath, electrophysiology, interventional radiology,...
What is the size of your interventional lab and number of staff?
Our interventional laboratory department is made up of six interventional labs that service cardiac cath, electrophysiology, interventional radiology,...
What is the size of your...
11/04/2009
Cath Lab Digest
11/04/2009
Joel Sherwood, RN, CCRN; Martin Weiss; Kathleen Whelan, MHA; Terry Rives, PhD
Can you describe the cath lab at John Peter Smith Hospital?
Dr. Weiss: We are a 500-bed county hospital in Tarrant County, Fort Worth, Texas, mostly serving an indigent population, and county funded. We started developing cardiovascular...
Can you describe the cath lab at John Peter Smith Hospital?
Dr. Weiss: We are a 500-bed county hospital in Tarrant County, Fort Worth, Texas, mostly serving an indigent population, and county funded. We started developing cardiovascular...
Can you describe the cath lab at...
11/04/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
11/04/2009
Joel Sherwood, RN, CCRN; Martin Weiss; Kathleen Whelan, MHA; Terry Rives, PhD
Can you describe the cath lab at John Peter Smith Hospital?
Dr. Weiss: We are a 500-bed county hospital in Tarrant County, Fort Worth, Texas, mostly serving an indigent population, and county funded. We started developing cardiovascular...
Can you describe the cath lab at John Peter Smith Hospital?
Dr. Weiss: We are a 500-bed county hospital in Tarrant County, Fort Worth, Texas, mostly serving an indigent population, and county funded. We started developing cardiovascular...
Can you describe the cath lab at...
11/04/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Ask the Clinical Instructor
11/05/2009
Todd Ginapp, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP
Todd is the Cardiology Manager for Memorial Hermann Southeast in Houston, Texas. He also teaches an online RCIS Review course for Spokane Community College, in Spokane, Washington, and regularly presents with RCIS Review Courses.
“When you...
Todd is the Cardiology Manager for Memorial Hermann Southeast in Houston, Texas. He also teaches an online RCIS Review course for Spokane Community College, in Spokane, Washington, and regularly presents with RCIS Review Courses.
“When you...
Todd is the Cardiology Manager...
11/05/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Case Report
11/05/2009
Riyaz Bashir, MD; David Fiss, MD; Jon C. George, MD, MBA
Abstract
Stent dislodgement is a rare but potentially lethal complication that can result in coronary embolization, emergent coronary artery bypass graft surgery, or death. Improvements in equipment design have drastically lowered the...
Abstract
Stent dislodgement is a rare but potentially lethal complication that can result in coronary embolization, emergent coronary artery bypass graft surgery, or death. Improvements in equipment design have drastically lowered the...
Abstract
Stent dislodgement is...
11/05/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
11/05/2009
Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA
Your cath lab director is on the speaker’s bureau for a pharmaceutical company that promotes antiplatelet agents. Does this mean you cannot buy this drug to use in the cath lab? Does this mean the doctor cannot perform a procedure with this...
Your cath lab director is on the speaker’s bureau for a pharmaceutical company that promotes antiplatelet agents. Does this mean you cannot buy this drug to use in the cath lab? Does this mean the doctor cannot perform a procedure with this...
Your cath lab director is on the...
11/05/2009
Cath Lab Digest
11/05/2009
Branavan Umakanthan, DO, FACC, FSCAI
Can you tell us about your current practice and community?
I moved to the Las Vegas area nearly a year and a half ago, after finishing my interventional fellowship in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Currently, I am practicing as an interventional...
Can you tell us about your current practice and community?
I moved to the Las Vegas area nearly a year and a half ago, after finishing my interventional fellowship in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Currently, I am practicing as an interventional...
Can you tell us about your...
11/05/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
11/05/2009
Amy J. Newell, RT(R); Kristin Turkovich
When it comes to a hospital’s image in the marketplace, differentiating characteristics can do much to solidify a positive reputation. Leaders at all levels of the organization, especially those within the cardiovascular service line, must...
When it comes to a hospital’s image in the marketplace, differentiating characteristics can do much to solidify a positive reputation. Leaders at all levels of the organization, especially those within the cardiovascular service line, must...
When it comes to a hospital’s...
11/05/2009
Cath Lab Digest
