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42 MEETING UPDATE APRIL 2008 MEETING UPDATE Cath Lab & Beyond Brenda McCulloch, RN, MSN, CNS Cardiovascular Clinical Nurse Specialist Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento, California M. Diane Newham. MS, RT(CT)(QM)(M), RPA Program Director, Weber State University. Dr. James LePage T CBRPA President Terry Licciardi RPA, RT. Phil Sessions RPA, RT. imaging. Dr. David Smirnow is the Director of Cytopathology at Kalispell Regional Medical Center in Montana. His insightful presentation, titled “Radiology/Pathology — Let’s work together” was educational and entertaining. It gave a fresh perspective of the laboratory equipment and functions along with helpful hints on how “Radiology and Pathology must cooperate for optimal patient care and clinical pathways.” Remember next time looking at a slide, “blue is bad, except for the exceptions.” Dr. Debra Accord, Director of Women’s Imaging with Northwest Imaging in Kalispell, Montana, gave an interesting lecture title “Breast MRI”. Once again, Dr. James LePage presented another exciting lecture named “PET/CT Fusion Imaging.” It was an opportunity to see what the future will hold with these new vistas, the new imaging modality and the potential of tumor identification. Dr. LePage has graciously allowed the NSRPA to have access to his presentation. Please visit www.radiologypa.org to review. The last presenter of the conference was Leanne Langston, RPA, Weber State University, class of 2002. She gave a presentation on bone densitometry. In conjunction with the presentations, workshops were being conducted. This year the workshops consisted of • ACLS renewal: presented by Neil Holtz, EMT-P • Vertebral Augmentation: Coordinator Sean Tutton, MD, FSIR • Kyphoplasty: Dr. Rajneesh Agrawal • Management of Malignant Effusion and Ascites: Dr. Sean Tutton • Venous Access – PORTS: Dr. Stanley Kim • Tunneled Hemodialysis Catheters: Dr. Seyhan O. Senler The Tenth Annual NSRPA Conference is scheduled for February 2009. Updated information may be obtained by visiting the NSRPA website (www.radiologypa. org). If interested in the RPA program at Weber State University, please contact Diane Newham (dnewham@weber.edu). More information about radiology physician extenders may be found on the CBRPA (www.cbrpa.org), ARRT (www.arrt.org), and the ASRT (www.asrt.org) websites. Special thanks is extended to all the conference committees, volunteers, attendees and speakers; all the sponsors and vendors; the Gold Coast Casino and Hotel, and to Phil Sessions, RPA, RT, for his audio-visual acumen and his permission to use these photographs. ■ Final note: The NSRPA meeting also honored Dr. Harvey Koolpe, who passed away in late 2007. For more information about the scholarship established in his name, see the Cath Lab Digest January 2008 issue, page 50. hey came from near and far to attend the most recent session of Cath Lab & Beyond, a training program designed for staff new to the cath lab setting that has been taught in Sacramento since 2000. Besides the usual northern and central California participants, RNs, cardiovascular technologists and radiological technologists from southern California, Oregon and Washington attended. The course is becoming international, as attendees also included staff from Toronto, Canada and Hong Kong. The award for the ‘most miles logged’ went to Lam Hing “Phyllis” Ling, a nurse from the cath lab at Hong Kong Hospital. Phyllis found the course while “surfing the net” and enrolled. It took some determination and perseverance, as she had to apply for a visa to enter the U.S and endure a 17-hour flight each way. She found the course extremely informative and enjoyed her tour of an American cath lab. “We do things very differently in Hong Kong,” Phyllis exclaimed, “especially the sedation.” She told us there is little to no cath lab education available in Hong Kong, so she gets most of her information from the Internet. Topics covered in Cath Lab & Beyond include cardiovascular anatomy and physiology using heart dissection, review of various cardiovascular disease processes, hemodynamic principles and monitoring, pharmacology review of medications commonly administered in the cath lab, and a detailed overview of various diagnostic, therapeutic, and interventional coronary and peripheral procedures. Hemostasis and vascular closure devices, and intra-aortic balloon The course is becoming international, as attendees also included staff from Toronto, Canada and Hong Kong. pumping are also reviewed. Actual case studies, including films, are used as teaching aids as much as possible. Based on the continued success of Cath Lab & Beyond, a new course called EP Lab & Beyond will preview this fall. The next Cath Lab & Beyond course will be held in Sacramento, California April 27 – May 1, 2009. Updated information and registration information for both courses can be found at www.continuingeducationconsortium.org. Nancy Diehl, Phyllis Ling, Brenda McCulloch http://www.continuingeducationconsortium.org http://www.cbrpa.org http://www.arrt.org http://www.asrt.org http://www.radiologypa.org http://www.radiologypa.org

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Cath Lab Digest - April 2008 Kaiser San Rafael Medical Center Orbital Atherectomy: A New Treatment for Complex Peripheral Arterial Disease Ask the Clinical Instructor: A Q&A Column for Those New to the Cath Lab Contents Clinical Editor’s Corner CEU Education Center The Missing Link in STEMI Interventions — Thrombus Aspiration during Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Predicting Stent Thrombosis Using A Clinical Risk Score Use of a New Guidewire: The Tigerwire Should I Stay or Should I Go? Weighing Options for New Opportunities Navigating Tortuous Coronary Sinus Anatomy Using a Bipolar Lead The National Society of Radiology Practitioner Assistants (NSRPA) Holds 9th Annual Educational Conference For Medical Imaging Physician Extenders and Mid-Level Healthcare Providers Cath Lab & Beyond: A Meeting Update The Ten-Minute Interview with… Dale Hansen RT, CVT Sometimes, You Just Know Twin Circumflex Arteries: A Rare Coronary Artery Anomaly What Do You Think? Meetings Calendar News from the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Scientific Session and the Society of Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) Annual Scientific Sessions in Partnership with the ACC i2 Summit Clinical & Industry News Cath Laughs Classifieds Advertisers Index

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