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Sharon Holmes, a catheterization laboratory — cath lab — nurse at Sinai Hospital, has been in the profession for 18 years. I graduated from an accredited nursing school and started my career in a ...

What could have been a fatal coincidence at St. Helena Hospital turned into an inspiring example of the lifesaving work of nurses. On the evening of April 10, Manny Rozal, manager for respiratory care ...

The cardiovascular laboratory department at the hospital is centered on the care of a person's heart and blood vessel problems. The cardiac "cath lab," as it's called, has a pre- and post-procedure ...

Improving safety for everyone who works in a cath lab can only be achieved if professional societies come together and oversee the creation of nationally recognized regulations for occupational health ...

While knowledge and technical capabilities are important for any interventionalist, solid leadership skills are a must when managing a cath lab. As part of the Society for Cardiac Angiography and ...

Bill Smith walks into a conference room at Jackson Hospital several minutes late for an interview. I'm sorry, he says. We had an emergency patient. The former U.S. Navy welder was helping stop a heart ...

Discover why this center, which includes a brand new state-of-the-art cardiac catheterization lab, is nothing short of a regional Center of Excellence for cardiac care…now just minutes away. Until now ...