Volume 17 - Issue 8 - August, 2009
Department
Announcements
08/11/2009
Congratulations!
Congratulations to Perri Winston, RN, RCIS, for passing the Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist (RCIS) exam on July 15th. Perri works in the Cath Lab at Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital in Houston, Texas.
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Congratulations!
Congratulations to Perri Winston, RN, RCIS, for passing the Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist (RCIS) exam on July 15th. Perri works in the Cath Lab at Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital in Houston, Texas.
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08/11/2009
Cath Lab Digest
SICP Section
08/11/2009
Michelle Rigdon Dunn, RN, BSN
Michelle Rigdon Dunn, RN, BSN
I am a registered nurse (RN) of seventeen years and have spent the last fourteen working in the cardiac cath lab. Being the wife of a United States Marine Harrier pilot, I have had the opportunity to work in a variety of cath lab settings,...
I am a registered nurse (RN) of seventeen years and have spent the last fourteen working in the cardiac cath lab. Being the wife of a United States Marine Harrier pilot, I have had the opportunity to work in a variety of cath lab settings,...
I am a registered nurse (RN) of...
08/11/2009
Cath Lab Digest
ACVP Management Corner
08/11/2009
Tim Kimball, Cardiology Director, Ozarks Medical Center
West Plains, Missouri
Tim Kimball, Cardiology Director, Oza...
With high volumes, cost and reimbursement, successful cardiology programs drive the revenue in the hospital. Declining reimbursement and increasing expenses make our jobs managing even tougher. During these tough economic times, we have to...
With high volumes, cost and reimbursement, successful cardiology programs drive the revenue in the hospital. Declining reimbursement and increasing expenses make our jobs managing even tougher. During these tough economic times, we have to...
With high volumes, cost and...
08/11/2009
Cath Lab Digest
News
Clinical and Industry News
08/11/2009
Hemostatic HemCon Patch™ Selected by the Premier Healthcare Alliance as Commitment to Healthcare Quality Improvement, Innovation
The hemostatic HemCon Patch from HemCon Medical Technologies, Inc. and Cardinal Health was recently featured in...
Hemostatic HemCon Patch™ Selected by the Premier Healthcare Alliance as Commitment to Healthcare Quality Improvement, Innovation
The hemostatic HemCon Patch from HemCon Medical Technologies, Inc. and Cardinal Health was recently featured in...
Hemostatic HemCon Patch™...
08/11/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Discussion Group
08/11/2009
Multiple new and ongoing questions from readers. Your responses are welcome!
Answer or pose a question at cathlabdigest@aol.com
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NEW Questions!
Dry Trays and D2B
I need evidence-based info regarding the...
Multiple new and ongoing questions from readers. Your responses are welcome!
Answer or pose a question at cathlabdigest@aol.com
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NEW Questions!
Dry Trays and D2B
I need evidence-based info regarding the...
Multiple new and ongoing...
08/11/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
08/11/2009
Jessica Bricker, Recruiter, and Carol Dombrowicki, Recruiter, Corazon, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Jessica Bricker, Recruiter, and Carol...
Communication is more than just words. It’s about sharing ideas and information, and most importantly, it’s about listening. Telling a person something and communicating are two very different things. Real communication involves an exchange,...
Communication is more than just words. It’s about sharing ideas and information, and most importantly, it’s about listening. Telling a person something and communicating are two very different things. Real communication involves an exchange,...
Communication is more than just...
08/11/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
08/11/2009
Shirley C. Bata, BS, RT(R)(CV)
Director, Invasive Cardiovascular Services
Katz Cardiovascular Center, Mercy Medical Center
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Shirley C. Bata, BS, RT(R)(CV)
Direct...
One year after the June 2008 epic flood that overwhelmed Cedar Rapids, Iowa and forcd the evacuation of Mercy Medical Center, our hospital is back. But all employees, including our cath lab crew, carry vivid memories of our long, difficult...
One year after the June 2008 epic flood that overwhelmed Cedar Rapids, Iowa and forcd the evacuation of Mercy Medical Center, our hospital is back. But all employees, including our cath lab crew, carry vivid memories of our long, difficult...
One year after the June 2008...
08/11/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Column
Clinical Editor's Corner
08/11/2009
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...
In recent years, studies of multivessel coronary angioplasty randomized patients between surgery and intervention. The fairness of this randomization assignment has become a subject of great interest, since it may influence outcomes. One of...
In recent years, studies of multivessel coronary angioplasty randomized patients between surgery and intervention. The fairness of this randomization assignment has become a subject of great interest, since it may influence outcomes. One of...
In recent years, studies of...
08/11/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Continuing Education
Education
08/11/2009
A Proposal for Core Curriculum for Training of Advanced Level Cardiology Specialist Assistants for the Performance of Diagnostic and Interventional Carotid and Peripheral Procedures: Part III
Report of the International Society of Advanced...
A Proposal for Core Curriculum for Training of Advanced Level Cardiology Specialist Assistants for the Performance of Diagnostic and Interventional Carotid and Peripheral Procedures: Part III
Report of the International Society of Advanced...
A Proposal for Core Curriculum...
08/11/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
Clinical Update
08/11/2009
Donna Gagne, RCIS, Maine Medical Center
Portland, Maine
Donna Gagne, RCIS, Maine Medical Cent...
The role nitric oxide plays in the regulation of pressures in the pulmonary artery is a relatively new discovery. This article will examine the history of nitric oxide as a vasodilator, the new classifications of pulmonary hypertension and...
The role nitric oxide plays in the regulation of pressures in the pulmonary artery is a relatively new discovery. This article will examine the history of nitric oxide as a vasodilator, the new classifications of pulmonary hypertension and...
The role nitric oxide plays in...
08/11/2009
Cath Lab Digest
