Volume 18 - Issue 2 - February, 2010
Department
Announcements
02/12/2010
Congratulations!
The Western Market of the Cleveland Clinic, Fairview and Lakewood Hospitals (Cleveland and Lakewood, Ohio), would like to acknowledge the following team members for their commitment to quality and education. We are pleased...
Congratulations!
The Western Market of the Cleveland Clinic, Fairview and Lakewood Hospitals (Cleveland and Lakewood, Ohio), would like to acknowledge the following team members for their commitment to quality and education. We are pleased...
Congratulations!
The Western...
02/12/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Contrast Management
02/11/2010
Cath Lab Digest talks with David Ferebee, RN, BSN, BS, Manager, Cardiac Cath Lab/Cardiac OP Holding Unit, Saint Thomas Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee
Cath Lab Digest talks with David Fere...
Tell us about Saint Thomas’ two separate cath lab facilities.
We have an 8-room interventional cath lab located in the hospital between our emergency department and medical imaging, and a separate one-room outpatient diagnostic cath lab also...
Tell us about Saint Thomas’ two separate cath lab facilities.
We have an 8-room interventional cath lab located in the hospital between our emergency department and medical imaging, and a separate one-room outpatient diagnostic cath lab also...
Tell us about Saint Thomas’ two...
02/11/2010
Cath Lab Digest
News
News
02/12/2010
Invatec Receives 510(k) Clearance of Reef HP™ PTA Balloon Catheter
New High Pressure Catheter Specifically Designed for Treatment of Challenging Peripheral Lesions
Invatec announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food...
Invatec Receives 510(k) Clearance of Reef HP™ PTA Balloon Catheter
New High Pressure Catheter Specifically Designed for Treatment of Challenging Peripheral Lesions
Invatec announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food...
Invatec Receives 510(k)...
02/12/2010
Cath Lab Digest
02/12/2010
Multiple new and ongoing questions from readers.
Your responses are welcome!
Answer or pose a question at cathlabdigest@aol.com
Multiple new and ongoing questions fr...
New Question!
Re: Bedrest and Discharge
We are a new cath lab with our own pre/post holding area and are trying to figure out when to send our patients back to the telemetry unit after PCIs or home after diagnostic caths. Does anyone know if...
New Question!
Re: Bedrest and Discharge
We are a new cath lab with our own pre/post holding area and are trying to figure out when to send our patients back to the telemetry unit after PCIs or home after diagnostic caths. Does anyone know if...
New Question!
Re: Bedrest and...
02/12/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
02/12/2010
Stacey Lang, Senior Consultant, Corazon, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Stacey Lang, Senior Consultant, Coraz...
Organizations that experience success with a well-established, fully-functional cath lab often find that initial success quickly followed by questions about how to sustain it for the long term. Questions about program expansion are usually...
Organizations that experience success with a well-established, fully-functional cath lab often find that initial success quickly followed by questions about how to sustain it for the long term. Questions about program expansion are usually...
Organizations that experience...
02/12/2010
Cath Lab Digest
02/12/2010
Sameer Mehta, MD, FACC, MBA
Voluntary Associate Professor of Medicine,
University of Miami
Miami, FL
Course Director, LUMEN
http://www.lumenami.com
Sameer Mehta, MD, FACC, MBA
Voluntary...
Dear Dr. Mehta,
I enjoyed your STEMI article in the December Cath Lab Digest. I found the ten commandments to improve the STEMI process very interesting. I would like to ask you to elaborate on #7 - Make that critical second call to the...
Dear Dr. Mehta,
I enjoyed your STEMI article in the December Cath Lab Digest. I found the ten commandments to improve the STEMI process very interesting. I would like to ask you to elaborate on #7 - Make that critical second call to the...
Dear Dr. Mehta,
I enjoyed your...
02/12/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Column
As I See It
02/12/2010
Warren Grand, RN, York, Pennsylvania
Warren Grand, RN, York, Pennsylvania
...
For those of us who have been working the cath lab circuit for several years, you may have noticed that we no longer operate in a cave. Some may liken this to “flying above the radar.” Whatever the metaphor, the cath lab, like all other...
For those of us who have been working the cath lab circuit for several years, you may have noticed that we no longer operate in a cave. Some may liken this to “flying above the radar.” Whatever the metaphor, the cath lab, like all other...
For those of us who have been...
02/12/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Ask the Clinical Instructor
02/12/2010
Todd Ginapp, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP. 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.
Todd Ginapp, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP. Todd...
“HELP! I am new to the cath lab. When I took the ECG class that my hospital required, I was very confused about heart blocks and understanding which one is which. I have 5 people giving me their opinions about the best way to learn and...
“HELP! I am new to the cath lab. When I took the ECG class that my hospital required, I was very confused about heart blocks and understanding which one is which. I have 5 people giving me their opinions about the best way to learn and...
“HELP! I am new to the cath lab....
02/12/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
02/11/2010
Morton Kern, MD
Clinical Editor
Professor of Medicine
Associate Chief Cardiology
University of California Irvine
Orange, California
Morton Kern, MD
Clinical Editor
Prof...
We changed the daily tour of duty for our cath lab team. Instead of 10-hour days with one shift to run 2 labs, we split overlapping 8-hour shifts. This brought up the question, “Exactly how many people (and what kind of training) should you...
We changed the daily tour of duty for our cath lab team. Instead of 10-hour days with one shift to run 2 labs, we split overlapping 8-hour shifts. This brought up the question, “Exactly how many people (and what kind of training) should you...
We changed the daily tour of...
02/11/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
Case Report
02/12/2010
Anna T. Beyer, MD, and Peter Y. Hui, MD, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California
Anna T. Beyer, MD, and Peter Y. Hui, ...
Patient History at Presentation
A 59-year-old man was referred to California Pacific Medical Center for treatment of decompensated heart failure. The patient had a past history of ischemic cardiomyopathy, implantable cardioverter...
Patient History at Presentation
A 59-year-old man was referred to California Pacific Medical Center for treatment of decompensated heart failure. The patient had a past history of ischemic cardiomyopathy, implantable cardioverter...
Patient History at...
02/12/2010
Cath Lab Digest
