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Jon E. Jenkins, RN, RCIS

hemostasis
12/10/2024
In the era of vascular closure devices, the skill of achieving hemostasis by manual compression is almost becoming a lost art. It concerns me to see cath lab personnel that do not have a good technique for manual compression. When those...
In the era of vascular closure devices, the skill of achieving hemostasis by manual compression is almost becoming a lost art. It concerns me to see cath lab personnel that do not have a good technique for manual compression. When those...
In the era of vascular closure...
12/10/2024
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Part I (March 2007) discussed the need for cath lab staff to have an understanding of hemodynamics. We reviewed the importance of building a foundation of knowledge, starting with a basic understanding of how blood flows through the heart,...
Part I (March 2007) discussed the need for cath lab staff to have an understanding of hemodynamics. We reviewed the importance of building a foundation of knowledge, starting with a basic understanding of how blood flows through the heart,...
Part I (March 2007) discussed...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Certainly with the continued improvements in ultrasound technology, we often know prior to cardiac catheterization if a patient has valvular dysfunction. We often know the degree of severity as well, since ultrasound can measure velocities,...
Certainly with the continued improvements in ultrasound technology, we often know prior to cardiac catheterization if a patient has valvular dysfunction. We often know the degree of severity as well, since ultrasound can measure velocities,...
Certainly with the continued...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Vascular sealing devices have made their way into most cath labs in North America. Technology and development in this arena continues to improve and expand the horizons of hemostasis management. Patient comfort, efficiency, and...
Vascular sealing devices have made their way into most cath labs in North America. Technology and development in this arena continues to improve and expand the horizons of hemostasis management. Patient comfort, efficiency, and...
Vascular sealing devices have...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
With the advent of advanced hemodynamic monitoring systems, the dependency on catheterization lab staff and physicians to perform waveform analysis and hemodynamic calculations is slowly dwindling. We no longer work in an era where new staff...
With the advent of advanced hemodynamic monitoring systems, the dependency on catheterization lab staff and physicians to perform waveform analysis and hemodynamic calculations is slowly dwindling. We no longer work in an era where new staff...
With the advent of advanced...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Part I (March 2007) discussed the need for cath lab staff to have an understanding of hemodynamics. We reviewed the importance of building a foundation of knowledge, starting with a basic understanding of how blood flows through the heart,...
Part I (March 2007) discussed the need for cath lab staff to have an understanding of hemodynamics. We reviewed the importance of building a foundation of knowledge, starting with a basic understanding of how blood flows through the heart,...
Part I (March 2007) discussed...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Certainly with the continued improvements in ultrasound technology, we often know prior to cardiac catheterization if a patient has valvular dysfunction. We often know the degree of severity as well, since ultrasound can measure velocities,...
Certainly with the continued improvements in ultrasound technology, we often know prior to cardiac catheterization if a patient has valvular dysfunction. We often know the degree of severity as well, since ultrasound can measure velocities,...
Certainly with the continued...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
System Spotlight
08/11/2009
Could you share some of your experience with the Series IV physiomonitoring and information management system at Branson Heart Center in Branson, Missouri? Branson Heart Center was an outpatient cath lab that was privately owned by a group...
Could you share some of your experience with the Series IV physiomonitoring and information management system at Branson Heart Center in Branson, Missouri? Branson Heart Center was an outpatient cath lab that was privately owned by a group...
Could you share some of your...
08/11/2009
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Vascular sealing devices have made their way into most cath labs in North America. Technology and development in this arena continues to improve and expand the horizons of hemostasis management. Patient comfort, efficiency, and...
Vascular sealing devices have made their way into most cath labs in North America. Technology and development in this arena continues to improve and expand the horizons of hemostasis management. Patient comfort, efficiency, and...
Vascular sealing devices have...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
With the advent of advanced hemodynamic monitoring systems, the dependency on catheterization lab staff and physicians to perform waveform analysis and hemodynamic calculations is slowly dwindling. We no longer work in an era where new staff...
With the advent of advanced hemodynamic monitoring systems, the dependency on catheterization lab staff and physicians to perform waveform analysis and hemodynamic calculations is slowly dwindling. We no longer work in an era where new staff...
With the advent of advanced...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest