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Cath Lab Digest - ISSN: 1073-2667 - Volume 15 - Issue 07 - July 2007 | |
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This Month's Cath Lab Digest Question
Advanced-Level Cardiology Physician Extender Program
Would readers of Cath Lab Digest have an interest in the development of an advanced-level cardiology physician extender program? This is a program that would train men and women who have a minimum of an associate’s degree. Participants would be required to have the CCI RCIS credential and a minimum of five years in noninvasive, invasive and interventional cardiology settings.
The thoughts are to develop guidelines for those who have AS degrees to complete BS degrees, and focus on noninvasive and invasive cardiology procedures. Those with a bachelor’s degree would focus all aspects of cardiology and complete a master’s degree. The platform of the guidelines would parallel the requirements for nurse practitioners, except the student would be dedicated to the care of cardiology patients and cardiology procedures.
A suggested title for the AS => BS track would be “Certified Cardiology Physician Extender.”
For the BS => MS track, the title would be “Advanced Level Cardiology Physician Extender.”
Thank you,
Anonymous by request
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| Helen Diehl, RN, Assistant Nursing Manager, Cath Lab, Atlanta, Georgia
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What is the size of your cath lab facility and number of staff members?
At the Children’s Sibley Heart Center, we have two pediatric cardiac catheterization labs. One lab is used for both catheterization and electrophysiology studies, and one is dedicated to diagnostic and interventional catheterizations. In our lab, we have a very stable staff of RNs, one RCIS and one RT(R), with our longest-employed staff member at 28 years. We have a total of 24 full, part-time and PRN staff, with 217 combined years of cath lab experience, providing coverage for both the cath lab and the pre- and post-recovery area.
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| Cath Lab Digest talks with Gregg W. Stone, MD,
SPIRIT III Principal Investigator; Professor of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center; Cardiovascular Research Foundation,
New York City, New York |
What is unique about the Xience™ V drug-eluting stent?
There are several reasons Xience V (Abbott Vascular, Abbott Park, IL) is unique. A drug-eluting stent consists of three components: the drug itself, the polymer or other controlled-release mechanism (which controls the dose, consistency and release rate of the drug), and the stent platform. All three are important, and their successful integration is critical for an effective and safe drug-eluting stent.
[CLD Editor's Note: New to invasive cardiology? Check out the glossary at the end of this article.]
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What Do You Think?
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Multiple new and ongoing questions from readers.
Your responses are welcome!
Answer or pose a question at cathlabdigest@aol.com.
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The Ten-Minute Interview with… Laura Minarsch, RT(R), CVT, CCRP |
| Columbus Hospital, Milan, Italy;
MMC Medical, Laguna Beach, California |
I was invited to take a
position at Columbus Hospital in Milan to work with Dr. Antonio Colombo. His vision was to merge some of the technical skills and tools we had in America at that time with his cath lab in Italy.
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Ask the Clinical Instructor:
A Q&A column for those new to the cath lab
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| Questions are answered by:
Todd Ginapp, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP
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During angioplasties, the doctors with whom I work are often asking for different medications to be administered through the coronary catheter. Just when I think I have it figured out, the next doctor uses yet a different medication. What is the reason?
—Email received at tginapp@RCISreview.com
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The Nurse and Technician Programme
at EuroPCR2007: May 22-25, 2007, Barcelona, Spain
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| Marsha Holton, RN, BS, CCRN, RCIS, FSICP,
Cardiovascular Orientation Programs,
Indian Head, MD |
Barcelona. Single-word sentences can both make a statement and spark the imagination. Barcelona! In my mind, I saw beautiful Spanish dancers, dresses cinched at the waist, layers of ruffles, dancing in the arms of a slender flamenco partner, castanets clacking, heels tapping, swirling to Spanish guitar music. And that was just the beginning of the EuroPCR 2007 Scientific Sessions.
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| Morton Kern, MD
Clinical Editor
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Associate Chief Cardiology
University of California Irvine
Orange, California |
Acute coronary stent thrombosis as a complication of recent implantation may occur more frequently in those patients undergoing noncardiac surgery.
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| Lynne Jones, RN, RCIS, FSICP
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It’s time for elections for the new Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals (SICP) Board of Directors. Now is the time to get involved!
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Meddling with Medusa
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| Shirly Dawson Coffey, CVT, Oregon Heart and Vascular Institute, Eugene, Oregon
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SICP Editor’s note: Shirly is an active member of the Oregon Chapter of the SICP (Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals) and will be writing a series of articles about teamwork. We hope you enjoy her work.
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A Multi-disciplinary Approach:
New Cardiovascular Horizons and the SICP RCIS Review Course |
| The Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals talks with Dr. David Allie, conference co-chair and Director of Cardiothoracic and Endovascular Surgery, Cardiovascular Institute of the South, Lafayette, Louisiana
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New Cardiovascular Horizons is being held September 5-8, 2007, in New Orleans, Louisiana. More information is available at www.newcvhorizons.com
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The 2005 Cath Lab Digest Salary Survey
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Cath Lab Digest conducted its fifth annual salary survey in an attempt to
assess the market value of cardiac catheterization laboratory professionals
across the country. The survey will also be available on our website,
www.cathlabdigest.com, as a PDF file. Cath Lab Digest had 108 survey responses.
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