To date, there are six independent physician groups participating in the center, with other physicians coming on board. No interventional procedures are performed at our facility. However, should an emergent case arise, it is promptly dealt with by means of an intra-facility transfer agreement with Hahnemann University Hospital. Patients go directly to the HUH Interventional Cardiovascular Laboratory for acute interventions or the Operating Room for emergent CABG. The charge person of the day will contact HUH Admissions to facilitate the transfer process. At this particular point, information

RT doesn’t need to pan

My first question is, why four staff? We use one RT/CVT or RN to scrub, one RN circulating, one RT/CVT to monitor, and the MD pans the table.

YOU DO NOT NEED TO HAVE AN RT PANNING THE PATIENT SINCE THE MD HAS A FLUORO SUPERVISOR LICENSE.

You don’t even have to have an RT in the room, IF THE MD IS PANNING and stepping on the fluoro/cine pedal.

Note: I am in California, so your state laws may be different. But this covers Title 22 requirements in my state and also Title 17.

ALL staff can scrub ANY and ALL procedure types. Our call team covers any

Not only is ASOCC directed at the education of the cardiac cath professional, but it is also a celebration of the cardiac cath professional community. I look forward to seeing you there.

CLD is pleased to offer the next article in our CME/CEU series. This month, we delve further into the potential applications of drug-eluting stents (DES) with Sirolimus-Eluting Stent for Complex Lesions: Treatment of Saphenous Vein Graft Disease, by Marco Costa and Theodore Bass.

In a dispatch from the European front, we hear from CLD editorial board member Sandy Watson, who shares his experience with D

Today, health care facilities must deal with a greater number of patients in a timely and cost-effective way. Reliable systems with integrated information technologies help ensure that physicians provide the best quality patient care while remaining cost effective.

Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis, with more than 25,000 surgeries and 120,000 outpatient visits a year, is one of Tennessee’s highest volume hospitals. Opened in 1979, Baptist serves western Tennessee, as well as northeastern Arkansas and northern Mississippi. Our first cath lab was installed in 1985, and the number of cardiac