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Volume 13 - Issue 7 - July, 2005

Re: An Update on New Jersey Scope of Practice
06/19/2008
Robert J. Basile, Sr., RT(R)
Dear Editor, The State of New Jersey (Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Radiologic Health) is now discussing certain roles and scopes of practice in the cardiac cath lab. I have received a letter from The New Jersey...
Dear Editor, The State of New Jersey (Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Radiologic Health) is now discussing certain roles and scopes of practice in the cardiac cath lab. I have received a letter from The New Jersey...
Dear Editor, The State of New...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Industry Insider
July 2005 Clinical and Industry News
06/19/2008
Omnicell and Witt Biomedical Announce Inventory Management Partnership to Enhance Cardiology Customers’ Workflow Omnicell, Inc., focusing on supply management technology, and Witt Biomedical Corporation, a cardiology image and information...
Omnicell and Witt Biomedical Announce Inventory Management Partnership to Enhance Cardiology Customers’ Workflow Omnicell, Inc., focusing on supply management technology, and Witt Biomedical Corporation, a cardiology image and information...
Omnicell and Witt Biomedical...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
E-Mail Discussion Group
06/19/2008
I. Monitoring of vital signs I am looking for any information or standards with regard to monitoring of vital signs with femoral sheath removal. Currently we do q5- signs till hemostasis is achieved, i.e., blood pressure and pulse ox with...
I. Monitoring of vital signs I am looking for any information or standards with regard to monitoring of vital signs with femoral sheath removal. Currently we do q5- signs till hemostasis is achieved, i.e., blood pressure and pulse ox with...
I. Monitoring of vital signs I...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
Re: Useful Technique for Continuous Pulse Monitoring During Sheath Removal. Cath Lab Digest, May 2005
06/19/2008
From an unsigned writer. (Please email cathlabdigest@aol.com if you would like to contact this person.)
From an unsigned writer. (Please emai...
Dear Editor, I have been a cath tech for 25 years and I must say I was blown away by some of the information in the article on sheath removal. A minimum" hold of 20 minutes?!! Somebody has got to be kidding. My usual hold time is 3-4...
Dear Editor, I have been a cath tech for 25 years and I must say I was blown away by some of the information in the article on sheath removal. A minimum" hold of 20 minutes?!! Somebody has got to be kidding. My usual hold time is 3-4...
Dear Editor, I have been a cath...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Re: Useful Technique for Continuous Pulse Monitoring During Sheath Removal. Cath Lab Digest, May 2005
06/19/2008
From an unsigned writer. (Please email cathlabdigest@aol.com if you would like to contact this person.)
From an unsigned writer. (Please emai...
Dear Editor, I have been a cath tech for 25 years and I must say I was blown away by some of the information in the article on sheath removal. A minimum" hold of 20 minutes?!! Somebody has got to be kidding. My usual hold time is 3-4...
Dear Editor, I have been a cath tech for 25 years and I must say I was blown away by some of the information in the article on sheath removal. A minimum" hold of 20 minutes?!! Somebody has got to be kidding. My usual hold time is 3-4...
Dear Editor, I have been a cath...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
DRUG-ELUTING STENT SOLUTIONS: Treating Diabetics with Coronary Artery Disease
06/19/2008
Michael R. Jones, MD
What do we know about the use of DES versus bare-metal stents (BMS) in diabetics with CAD? To compare DES and BMS in diabetics, you first have to review the issues that diabetics have that non-diabetics only partially share. With either...
What do we know about the use of DES versus bare-metal stents (BMS) in diabetics with CAD? To compare DES and BMS in diabetics, you first have to review the issues that diabetics have that non-diabetics only partially share. With either...
What do we know about the use of...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
A New Online RCIS Review Class
06/19/2008
Todd Ginapp, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP
A new online Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist (RCIS) class is helping cath lab technologists and nurses work together to prepare for their board exams. It is a web-based Continuing Education class from Spokane Community college...
A new online Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist (RCIS) class is helping cath lab technologists and nurses work together to prepare for their board exams. It is a web-based Continuing Education class from Spokane Community college...
A new online Registered...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Where is Denise P., CVT?
06/19/2008
Denise Putland, CVT
The lakes are frozen, people are ice fishing and I can see that they are boiling the sap. We recently visited Burlington, Vermont and it was a totally new experience from the last time we visited. Previously, we had gone swimming in Lake...
The lakes are frozen, people are ice fishing and I can see that they are boiling the sap. We recently visited Burlington, Vermont and it was a totally new experience from the last time we visited. Previously, we had gone swimming in Lake...
The lakes are frozen, people are...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Multi-Stent Multi-Vessel Procedure Coding Alert
06/19/2008
David E. Banko, CPA
While the new ICD-9-CM codes are obviously positive news, the downside is the estimated amount of time required to implement a change (Target date CMS FY 2008 that begins October 1, 2007: see Table 1). The upside is that the new coding...
While the new ICD-9-CM codes are obviously positive news, the downside is the estimated amount of time required to implement a change (Target date CMS FY 2008 that begins October 1, 2007: see Table 1). The upside is that the new coding...
While the new ICD-9-CM codes are...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
The SICP and Cath Lab Digest at EuroPCR 2005
06/19/2008
Sandy Watson, RN, BN; Kenneth A. Gorski, RN, RCIS, BSN
Paris in May: the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Louvre (home of the Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo), the Arc de Triomph, the Palace of Versailles, blossoms in bloom, young lovers walking hand-in-hand, and EuroPCR. EuroPCR is an international...
Paris in May: the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Louvre (home of the Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo), the Arc de Triomph, the Palace of Versailles, blossoms in bloom, young lovers walking hand-in-hand, and EuroPCR. EuroPCR is an international...
Paris in May: the Eiffel Tower,...
06/19/2008
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