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The practical basics of the Cardiac Cath Lab. This will describe the day-to-day operations in the lab, will describe the equipment, and will define the activities performed. This course is approved for 6 contact hours by the CA Board of Registered Nurses and for 6 Category A credits by the ASRT.
Objectives
After completing this self-study activity, the student should be able to completely describe the following components of the Cardiac Cath Lab:
- Roles
- Procedures
- Cardiac Cath Supplies, both diagnostic and interventional
- Peripheral supplies, both diagnostic and interventional
- Paperwork included in both Cardiac and Peripheral procedures
- Medications used in Cardiac and Peripheral procedures
- Draping
- Emergency procedures
- Imaging and image production
- Radiation Protection
- Define terms used frequently in the Cardiac and Peripheral labs
Specifically, the student should be able to:
- List and describe the different professions that compose the Cath Lab team
- Recognize and name cardiac anatomy, both vascular and non-vascular
- Recognize and name peripheral vascular anatomy
- Describe the catheter pathway through the heart during a Right Heart Cath
- Describe the support procedures
- Intra-aortic Balloon Pump
- Ventricular Assist Device
- Define and describe Electrophysiology procedures
- EP Study and Ablation
- Implant
- Recognize and describe the use of all procedural supplies
- Needles and Access kits
- Sheaths
- Guidewires, diagnostic and interventional
- Catheters, diagnostic and guide catheters (interventional)
- Balloons and Stents
- Inflation devices
- Closure devices
- Complete all paperwork involved in Cardiac Cath procedures
- Recognize normal and abnormal lab values
- Define and obtain proper informed consent
- Properly prepare a patient for a Cardiac Cath procedure
- Correctly lead a “TIME OUT” safety pause
- Define the medications utilized for patient sedation and analgesia
- Define and list the anti-coagulant medications used during interventional procedures
- List and describe non-emergency medications used during a cardiac cath
- List and describe emergency medications used during a cardiac cath procedure
- Correctly list the workflows for Right and Left Heart Caths, diagnostic Peripheral angiography, and Cardiac and Peripheral Interventions
- Define “Sterile” and “Sterile Technique”
- Describe a sterile field
- Describe a sterile table setup and patient draping procedure
- Delineate between a flat panel detector and an image intensifier system
- Describe and list the elements of image production
- Define image storage and archival systems
- Describe the best practices for personal radiation protection
- Describe the best practices for patient radiation protection
- Define the terms most commonly used during a cardiac cath
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