October 2002

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Volume 10 Issue 10

Editorial Staff

Clinical Editor
Morton Kern, MD
Executive Editor
Laurie Gustafson
Managing Editor
Rebecca Kapur
Production Manager
Elizabeth Vasil

Editorial Correspondence

Rebecca Kapur, Managing Editor, Cath Lab Digest
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Clinical and Industry News
Clinical and Industry News
Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin Preferable Anticoagulation Therapy For Procedure To Re-Establish Heart Rhythm Using the low-molecular-weight heparin drug enoxaparin (Clexane®/Lovenox®) to prevent blood coagulation while performing cardioversion of atr…
What Do You Think?
In the June 2002 issue of Cath Lab Digest, there was a table outlining the states and who cross-trains where according to your Email Discussion Group. In Oregon, you stated that only RNs give drugs. Is there a precedence that anyone knows of? I work…
Dr. Ali Ghahramani and Janine Pires, RN, during a Cutting Balloon procedure.
North Ridge Medical Center
What is the size of your cath lab and number of staff members? Overall, there are a total of six rooms and one pre-op/recovery area. We have three fully dedicated cath labs utilizing the Siemens Coroskop Hi-P and HICOR (Iselin, NJ) with a Witt moni…
A Short Success Story
I was assisting Dr. Kang W. Lee at our hospital with a diagnostic coronary angiogram on a patient with whom I was familiar. The patient was Dr. Julius Gray, a very popular OB/GYN that has delivered countless babies in the southern California area for…
Job-sharing Nurse Managers Carol Mackes, RN and Denise McCutchan, RN
A Joint Venture Creating a For-Profit, Freestanding Cardiac Catheterization Lab: Heart Center of the Rockies
At HCOR, we perform diagnostic and some therapeutic procedures, including: Cardiac and peripheral angiography; Dobutamine stress-echo (DSE); Transesophageal echo (TEE); and Cardioversions. The lab itself is physically connec…
Job-sharing Nurse Managers Carol Mackes, RN and Denise McCutchan, RN
A New Twist in Cath Lab Management: Job Sharing
We agreed, as we were both part time, and thought the extra cash would be nice. I had expertise with the equipment side, including networked systems and the cath database. Denise knew the supplies and purchasing side inside out. Between the two of us…
The Ten-Minute Interview with Charles C. Barbiere, RN, CCRN, RCIS, CCT, CRT, EMT, FSICP
Why did you choose to work in the invasive cardiology field? I was employed as a staff nurse in the MICU and was approached in 1987 by the Medical Director of the Cath Lab. He asked if I would be interested in transferring to the cath lab and helpin…
Geisinger Medical Center Cardiac Cath Lab Staff.
Geisinger School of Cardiovascular Technology
Why and how did you become an educator? After many years of being a clinical preceptor and classroom instructor, I became the Director in February of 2001. I enjoy teaching because I can share my experiences from my career and teach the students the…
The Wisconsin Heart Hospital Design Responds to Changes in Healthcare
One new heart center, The Wisconsin Heart Hospital, is bringing together new design options in a physical setting that will provide both total care and convenience for inpatients and outpatients. Facility completion is projected for January 2004. Th…