Volume 11 - Issue 2 - February, 2003
Feature
Infographic
06/19/2008
Early Results Suggest PolarCath System May Be Better Than Conventional Angioplasty Balloon
The PolarCath System which uses a new form of angioplasty to open blocked arteries by cooling and dilating them appears to be more successful and...
Early Results Suggest PolarCath System May Be Better Than Conventional Angioplasty Balloon
The PolarCath System which uses a new form of angioplasty to open blocked arteries by cooling and dilating them appears to be more successful and...
Early Results Suggest PolarCath...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
December 2002 Question: On-Call Teams
Do any of you have access to statistics related to cath lab teams and acute interventions? Specifically, I am looking for a survey showing the number of nurses/techs composing the team.
The reason is...
December 2002 Question: On-Call Teams
Do any of you have access to statistics related to cath lab teams and acute interventions? Specifically, I am looking for a survey showing the number of nurses/techs composing the team.
The reason is...
December 2002 Question: On-Call...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
December 2002 Question: On-Call Teams
Do any of you have access to statistics related to cath lab teams and acute interventions? Specifically, I am looking for a survey showing the number of nurses/techs composing the team.
The reason is...
December 2002 Question: On-Call Teams
Do any of you have access to statistics related to cath lab teams and acute interventions? Specifically, I am looking for a survey showing the number of nurses/techs composing the team.
The reason is...
December 2002 Question: On-Call...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
An interview with Howard Levin, MD, Founder, CHF Solutions, Inc., Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
An interview with Howard Levin, MD, F...
With the System 100, physicians specify the amount of fluid to be extracted from a patient’s blood at a controlled rate. Vascular access is established via a patient’s peripheral veins, typically in the arms. The system uses a technique...
With the System 100, physicians specify the amount of fluid to be extracted from a patient’s blood at a controlled rate. Vascular access is established via a patient’s peripheral veins, typically in the arms. The system uses a technique...
With the System 100, physicians...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Laissez Faire Facilities and JCAHO
Earlier this year I sent out an e-mail requesting opinions from other hospitals regarding cath lab attire: hats, masks & shoe covers. The question was printed in your December 2002 issue (Email Discussion...
Laissez Faire Facilities and JCAHO
Earlier this year I sent out an e-mail requesting opinions from other hospitals regarding cath lab attire: hats, masks & shoe covers. The question was printed in your December 2002 issue (Email Discussion...
Laissez Faire Facilities and...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
We are revising our processes and relocating our pre and post cath patient care area. I’d like some ideas on staffing, training, hours, whether or not both in and outpatients pass through there, and especially whether there are patients from...
We are revising our processes and relocating our pre and post cath patient care area. I’d like some ideas on staffing, training, hours, whether or not both in and outpatients pass through there, and especially whether there are patients from...
We are revising our processes...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Bernie Gerhki, AIA, Senior Vice President, HDR Architecture, Inc., Omaha, Nebraska
Bernie Gerhki, AIA, Senior Vice Presi...
In the past, patients commonly began their diagnosis in the emergency unit; today they arrive at the cath lab through varied treatment doors. They may have arrived on an emergent basis from the ER, a cardiologist’s office or heart scan...
In the past, patients commonly began their diagnosis in the emergency unit; today they arrive at the cath lab through varied treatment doors. They may have arrived on an emergent basis from the ER, a cardiologist’s office or heart scan...
In the past, patients commonly...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Laissez Faire Facilities and JCAHO
Earlier this year I sent out an e-mail requesting opinions from other hospitals regarding cath lab attire: hats, masks & shoe covers. The question was printed in your December 2002 issue (Email Discussion...
Laissez Faire Facilities and JCAHO
Earlier this year I sent out an e-mail requesting opinions from other hospitals regarding cath lab attire: hats, masks & shoe covers. The question was printed in your December 2002 issue (Email Discussion...
Laissez Faire Facilities and...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
An interview with Patricia L. Thomas, MBA, RCIS,
BSRT Program Director, Augusta, Georgia
An interview with Patricia L. Thomas,...
My experience as an educator first began in college, when I would host Anatomy & Physiology study sessions at my house to help other students in my class. I graduated from the Armstrong Atlantic State University School of Radiology (formally,...
My experience as an educator first began in college, when I would host Anatomy & Physiology study sessions at my house to help other students in my class. I graduated from the Armstrong Atlantic State University School of Radiology (formally,...
My experience as an educator...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
We are revising our processes and relocating our pre and post cath patient care area. I’d like some ideas on staffing, training, hours, whether or not both in and outpatients pass through there, and especially whether there are patients from...
We are revising our processes and relocating our pre and post cath patient care area. I’d like some ideas on staffing, training, hours, whether or not both in and outpatients pass through there, and especially whether there are patients from...
We are revising our processes...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
