Volume 17 - Issue 10 - October, 2009
Department
Announcements
10/12/2009
Congratulations!
Winter Haven Hospital cath lab (Winter Haven, Florida) would like to congratulate Brian Cardona, RCIS, and Jessica Myrice, RCIS, for passing their RCIS exam.
— Sent in by Orlando Marrero
Congratulations to the following...
Congratulations!
Winter Haven Hospital cath lab (Winter Haven, Florida) would like to congratulate Brian Cardona, RCIS, and Jessica Myrice, RCIS, for passing their RCIS exam.
— Sent in by Orlando Marrero
Congratulations to the following...
Congratulations!
Winter Haven...
10/12/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Meeting Update
10/12/2009
Transradial Education Draws Eager Crowds at TCT Meeting
Interventional cardiologists call for growth in U.S. of wrist access procedure offering low rate of bleeding complications, earlier ambulation and greater patient comfort
Transradial...
Transradial Education Draws Eager Crowds at TCT Meeting
Interventional cardiologists call for growth in U.S. of wrist access procedure offering low rate of bleeding complications, earlier ambulation and greater patient comfort
Transradial...
Transradial Education Draws...
10/12/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Family and Work
10/12/2009
Richard Hernandez, South Florida Territory Manager for
Terumo Interventional Systems, with support from Martin
Schildhouse, Communications Consultant
Richard Hernandez, South Florida Terr...
When the Clinical Advocacy Message Hits Home: A Terumo Sales Representative Requests Transradial Intervention for Two Family Members
Monday through Friday, and sometimes on weekends, I find myself in my south Florida cath labs engaged in...
When the Clinical Advocacy Message Hits Home: A Terumo Sales Representative Requests Transradial Intervention for Two Family Members
Monday through Friday, and sometimes on weekends, I find myself in my south Florida cath labs engaged in...
When the Clinical Advocacy...
10/12/2009
Cath Lab Digest
News
Clinical and Industry News
10/12/2009
Black Patients Have Lower Rate of Survival After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Compared with white patients, black patients who have an in-hospital cardiac arrest are significantly less likely to survive to hospital discharge, having lower...
Black Patients Have Lower Rate of Survival After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Compared with white patients, black patients who have an in-hospital cardiac arrest are significantly less likely to survive to hospital discharge, having lower...
Black Patients Have Lower Rate...
10/12/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Column
Clinical Editor's Corner
10/12/2009
MORTON KERN, MD
Clinical Editor
Professor of Medicine
Associate Chief Cardiology
University of California Irvine
Orange, California
mortonkern005@hotmail.com
MORTON KERN, MD
Clinical Editor
Profe...
Last fall, I visited Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, and was shown their marvelous hybrid cath lab/OR. An interventional procedure was underway, to be shortly followed by a left internal mammary artery (LIMA)...
Last fall, I visited Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, and was shown their marvelous hybrid cath lab/OR. An interventional procedure was underway, to be shortly followed by a left internal mammary artery (LIMA)...
Last fall, I visited Vanderbilt...
10/12/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Management
10/12/2009
Cath Lab Digest talks with Mike Rodman, Cath Lab Supervisor, Appleton Medical Center, Appleton, Wisconsin and Theda Clark Medical Center, Neenah, Wisconsin, about his cath labs’ use of lean management techniques.
As a result of implementing “lean” thinking, Appleton Medical Center and Theda Clark Medical Center cath labs have been able to reduce their in-house STEMI door-to-balloon times from 120 minutes in 2006 to a current time of 60 minutes.
Cath Lab Digest talks with Mike Rodma...
Can you tell us about your cath labs and the community that you serve?
I supervise both cath labs at Appleton and Theda Clark Medical Centers. Appleton Medical Center, where we do the majority of our cardiac procedures, has two...
Can you tell us about your cath labs and the community that you serve?
I supervise both cath labs at Appleton and Theda Clark Medical Centers. Appleton Medical Center, where we do the majority of our cardiac procedures, has two...
Can you tell us about your cath...
10/12/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Ask the Clinical Instructor
10/12/2009
Questions are answered by:
Todd Ginapp, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP
Questions are answered by:
Todd Ginap...
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.
“I am...
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.
“I am...
Todd is the Cardiology Manager...
10/12/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
10/12/2009
Stacey Lang
Senior Consultant
Corazon, Inc.,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Stacey Lang
Senior Consultant
Corazo...
The number of Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Centers continues to grow across the country. Often, the decision to implement a formal stroke program is driven by local and regional market shifts, community need, and/or a desire on...
The number of Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Centers continues to grow across the country. Often, the decision to implement a formal stroke program is driven by local and regional market shifts, community need, and/or a desire on...
The number of Joint...
10/12/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Transitions
10/12/2009
Paul Trenteseaux, CVT, Orange Park Medical Center
Orange Park, Florida
Paul Trenteseaux, CVT, Orange Park Me...
Orange Park Medical Center (OPMC/HCA) in Orange Park, Florida, has transitioned its diagnostic-only cardiac cath lab to a fully functional interventional lab. Our cardiac services now include diagnostic catheterizations, interventional...
Orange Park Medical Center (OPMC/HCA) in Orange Park, Florida, has transitioned its diagnostic-only cardiac cath lab to a fully functional interventional lab. Our cardiac services now include diagnostic catheterizations, interventional...
Orange Park Medical Center...
10/12/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
Single-Center Experience
10/12/2009
John Byron Patterson, MD,
Medical Director of Cardiac Cath Labs and
Cardiovascular Research, Forsyth Medical Center
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
John Byron Patterson, MD,
Medical Di...
At Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the focus on delivering the highest-quality cardiovascular care is coupled with a focus on patient comfort and satisfaction. As a result, Forsyth Medical Center has been...
At Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the focus on delivering the highest-quality cardiovascular care is coupled with a focus on patient comfort and satisfaction. As a result, Forsyth Medical Center has been...
At Forsyth Medical Center in...
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Cath Lab Digest
