Intravenous medications are used to relax the patient. The patient is able to ask questions and follow the requests of the cardiologists, nurses and Techs. This can include having to take a deep breath or let the cath team know if there is any discomfort being induced by the procedure. The...
Transfer to the Cath Table Patient being transferred on to the Cath table Thepatient is then transferred from the stretcher to the Cath tableThe Cath Lab technologists (Techs) and nurses help reassure the patient and explain the various things that the patient will experience. Scrubbing the Groin...
So far, they’ve held on to their cath lab techs in part by reassigning them to help with things like chest X-rays in COVID-19 patients. “We are in a different place in the whole cycle,” he said. “I think for New York, they went through this and now they're probably looking...
Part of the CT dose issue is simply the need to raise awareness about what settings are used on the scanners, how doses at your hospital compares to others, and training techs and setting protocols. An example of how awareness of dose can help lower it was shown in a statewide registry ...