Volume 10 - Issue 10 - October, 2002
06/19/2008
Why did you choose to work in the invasive cardiology field?
I was employed as a staff nurse in the MICU and was approached in 1987 by the Medical Director of the Cath Lab. He asked if I would be interested in transferring to the cath lab...
Why did you choose to work in the invasive cardiology field?
I was employed as a staff nurse in the MICU and was approached in 1987 by the Medical Director of the Cath Lab. He asked if I would be interested in transferring to the cath lab...
Why did you choose to work in...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Why and how did you become an educator?
After many years of being a clinical preceptor and classroom instructor, I became the Director in February of 2001. I enjoy teaching because I can share my experiences from my career and teach the...
Why and how did you become an educator?
After many years of being a clinical preceptor and classroom instructor, I became the Director in February of 2001. I enjoy teaching because I can share my experiences from my career and teach the...
Why and how did you become an...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Are you ready for a non-data driven lecture? I think it is important to take a look at the topic of pain management from a different perspective, and review how we take care of our patients. You do need the hard data; I am not downplaying its...
Are you ready for a non-data driven lecture? I think it is important to take a look at the topic of pain management from a different perspective, and review how we take care of our patients. You do need the hard data; I am not downplaying its...
Are you ready for a non-data...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Are you ready for a non-data driven lecture? I think it is important to take a look at the topic of pain management from a different perspective, and review how we take care of our patients. You do need the hard data; I am not downplaying its...
Are you ready for a non-data driven lecture? I think it is important to take a look at the topic of pain management from a different perspective, and review how we take care of our patients. You do need the hard data; I am not downplaying its...
Are you ready for a non-data...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Imaging Quality & Our Purchase of ACIST
Just before we considered purchasing the ACIST Contrast Management System (CMS), Pinnacle was evaluating 4F diagnostic catheters. It was suggested that we try the ACIST system for more consistent...
Imaging Quality & Our Purchase of ACIST
Just before we considered purchasing the ACIST Contrast Management System (CMS), Pinnacle was evaluating 4F diagnostic catheters. It was suggested that we try the ACIST system for more consistent...
Imaging Quality & Our Purchase...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Right now, Memorial Medical Center is in the process of getting a third lab. We currently have two single plane cath labs. The new addition is a dual Shimadzu Cath/Angio lab (Torrence, CA). It houses a 9 inch and a 16 inch II, both...
Right now, Memorial Medical Center is in the process of getting a third lab. We currently have two single plane cath labs. The new addition is a dual Shimadzu Cath/Angio lab (Torrence, CA). It houses a 9 inch and a 16 inch II, both...
Right now, Memorial Medical...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Advances in laboratory construction, table design, and manifold materials have added incremental benefit over the last two decades. However, little advancement has been made in power injection systems for ventriculography and coronary...
Advances in laboratory construction, table design, and manifold materials have added incremental benefit over the last two decades. However, little advancement has been made in power injection systems for ventriculography and coronary...
Advances in laboratory...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
What™s your experience with the ACIST CMS?
I think we were among the first labs to use it. We have embraced the ACIST CMS system since the day it was invented, and use it in all of our labs exclusively. We find it speeds up the cases and...
What™s your experience with the ACIST CMS?
I think we were among the first labs to use it. We have embraced the ACIST CMS system since the day it was invented, and use it in all of our labs exclusively. We find it speeds up the cases and...
What™s your experience with...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Column
Letter from the Editor
06/19/2008
Once we brought our authors together for the October issue, we were happily surprised by how these two themes resounded throughout their work.
Our authors this month share the results of their experiences after they took ownership of a...
Once we brought our authors together for the October issue, we were happily surprised by how these two themes resounded throughout their work.
Our authors this month share the results of their experiences after they took ownership of a...
Once we brought our authors...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Management
06/19/2008
There has been an overabundance of studies on the healthcare staff shortage and its causes. Current trends in staff shortages are shown in Figures 1 and 2.
There are many other factors contributing to the cardiovascular staff shortage,...
There has been an overabundance of studies on the healthcare staff shortage and its causes. Current trends in staff shortages are shown in Figures 1 and 2.
There are many other factors contributing to the cardiovascular staff shortage,...
There has been an overabundance...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
