Invasive Cardiology: A Manual for Cath Lab Personnel - Softcover

Watson, Sandy; Gorski, Kenneth A .

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1890114561 ISBN 13: 9781890114565

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2005

Synopsis

The first and only book written specifically by and for nurses and technicians! Topics include ECG interpretation, intracardiac pressure measurement, radiography, intracoronary Doppler, intravascular ultrasound, duties of technical staff, angiography and cardiac catheterization, PTCA, stents, atherectomy, laser, nursing care, valvuloplasty and balloon pericardiotomy, electrophysiology, cardiac pacing, endomyocardial biopsy, foreign body retrieval, pediatric interventional cardiology, cardiac pharmacology, cath lab emergencies.

About this title

About the Author

Dr Debbie Watson is a Senior Lecturer in Childhood Studies in the School for Policy Studies at the University of Bristol. She is a qualified secondary school teacher and has a PhD in Education from the University of Exeter (1998). Her research interests focus on understanding and improving children's wellbeing, particularly in school contexts; rights-based approaches to working with children and young people; diversity and children's identities; educational inclusion; and supporting children and families in inclusive services. Her current and recent research projects include projects developing postgraduate training for children's advocates in Egypt and Jordan, quality in family support provisions, services for young disadvantaged children and post adoption support. She has long held interests in theorising children's experiences of diversity and in developing methodologies that enable children and young people's participation in research.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1890114561
• ISBN 13: 9781890114565
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 514