Volume 7 - Issue 5 - May 2007
05/03/2008
Jodie Elrod
New Question:
Skills List for Nurses Working in the EP Lab
We are revising our policies and procedures manual, and I wanted to include a skills list for EP nurses. Would you know where I could find this information in order to tailor one...
New Question:
Skills List for Nurses Working in the EP Lab
We are revising our policies and procedures manual, and I wanted to include a skills list for EP nurses. Would you know where I could find this information in order to tailor one...
New Question:
Skills List for...
05/03/2008
EP Lab Digest
05/03/2008
Brenda McCulloch, RN, MSN, CNS; Nancy Diehl, RN, MSN, CNS
2007 Course
For the upcoming 2007 course, we have reformatted the course content from past years. What was initially a five-day program is now a four-day program, with eight CEs awarded each day. Lectures are updated so that current trends...
2007 Course
For the upcoming 2007 course, we have reformatted the course content from past years. What was initially a five-day program is now a four-day program, with eight CEs awarded each day. Lectures are updated so that current trends...
2007 Course
For the upcoming...
05/03/2008
EP Lab Digest
05/03/2008
Jodie Elrod
Describe who participated in the Inter-Association Task Force.
The Inter-Association Task Force was made up of representatives from 15 different national medical societies. Also participating in the task force were some invited...
Describe who participated in the Inter-Association Task Force.
The Inter-Association Task Force was made up of representatives from 15 different national medical societies. Also participating in the task force were some invited...
Describe who participated in the...
05/03/2008
EP Lab Digest
05/03/2008
David Stein
It’s amazing how events that make the biggest impact on our lives often happen inconspicuously. Moments we remember throughout the years are the ones that occur without any expectation. For example, in the spring of 2005, my family traveled...
It’s amazing how events that make the biggest impact on our lives often happen inconspicuously. Moments we remember throughout the years are the ones that occur without any expectation. For example, in the spring of 2005, my family traveled...
It’s amazing how events that...
05/03/2008
EP Lab Digest
05/03/2008
Jodie Elrod
What are your thoughts about non-EPs implanting ICDs? Do you train such individuals? What about dealing with device recalls?
New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University, New York, April 2007:
Device recalls: We ve instituted more...
What are your thoughts about non-EPs implanting ICDs? Do you train such individuals? What about dealing with device recalls?
New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University, New York, April 2007:
Device recalls: We ve instituted more...
What are your thoughts about...
05/03/2008
EP Lab Digest
05/03/2008
Steven A. Rothman, MD
Approximately one year earlier, the patient had an episode of atypical chest discomfort that was ultimately diagnosed as a muscular strain. As part of his work-up, he underwent a cardiac stress test and echocardiogram, both of which were read...
Approximately one year earlier, the patient had an episode of atypical chest discomfort that was ultimately diagnosed as a muscular strain. As part of his work-up, he underwent a cardiac stress test and echocardiogram, both of which were read...
Approximately one year earlier,...
05/03/2008
EP Lab Digest
05/03/2008
Linda C. Moulton, RN, MS, MSN
Historical Reports and Findings in the Animal Lab
The first suggestion that paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) could be induced from parasympathetic or vagal ganglia came from Coumel in 1989.1 In this work, two forms of PAF were proposed:...
Historical Reports and Findings in the Animal Lab
The first suggestion that paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) could be induced from parasympathetic or vagal ganglia came from Coumel in 1989.1 In this work, two forms of PAF were proposed:...
Historical Reports and Findings...
05/03/2008
EP Lab Digest
05/03/2008
Jodie Elrod
Describe the ENABLE trial. What is the purpose of the trial?
The ENABLE (ENdoscopic ABlation using Light Energy) trial is a prospective, randomized, pivotal, multicenter, IDE clinical trial using an investigational endoscopically-guided...
Describe the ENABLE trial. What is the purpose of the trial?
The ENABLE (ENdoscopic ABlation using Light Energy) trial is a prospective, randomized, pivotal, multicenter, IDE clinical trial using an investigational endoscopically-guided...
Describe the ENABLE trial. What...
05/03/2008
EP Lab Digest
05/03/2008
Maha Rinaudo, PhD
The Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute (TCAI) is helping to fulfill the need for an independent preparation course that reviews all of the exam's topics: Pacemaker Timing Cycles, Radiology, Technical Aspects of Pacing, Indications for Device...
The Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute (TCAI) is helping to fulfill the need for an independent preparation course that reviews all of the exam's topics: Pacemaker Timing Cycles, Radiology, Technical Aspects of Pacing, Indications for Device...
The Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia...
05/03/2008
EP Lab Digest
05/03/2008
Mark S. Link, MD
Arrhythmias can be bradycardias or tachycardias. Bradycardias are further divided into sinus bradycardias and heart block. Tachycardias can be supraventricular or ventricular. One should be very careful to describe the arrhythmia before...
Arrhythmias can be bradycardias or tachycardias. Bradycardias are further divided into sinus bradycardias and heart block. Tachycardias can be supraventricular or ventricular. One should be very careful to describe the arrhythmia before...
Arrhythmias can be bradycardias...
05/03/2008
EP Lab Digest
