- Patient Care
- Perform appropriate history and physical and write a complete pre-procedure note.
- Take an informed consent from patient for angiography / interventional procedures.
- Learn to order and interpret appropriate labs abnormal lab values and correct abnormal lab values.
- Learn to adequately assess and follow patients' post-procedure course.
- Technical Aspects
- Learn to operate angiography table and controls.
- Learn how to set up and use angiography sterile tray.
- Learn sterile techniques, including pre-procedure scrub and patient preparation and dressing.
- Learn basic anatomy (external and fluoroscopic) for standard procedures.
- Learn peripheral venous and arterial access techniques including Seldinger technique.
- Hemostasis with manual compression techniques.
- Dictation / Coding
- Learn dictation format.
- Review surgical charge sheet and review ICD-9 codes.
- Begin to dictate basic cases at end of rotation.
- Patient Care
- Refine pre-procedure work-up and post-procedure care.
- Interact more with referring physicians on initial consultation and follow-ups.
- Technical
- Learn selective catheterization techniques.
- Learn various catheter shapes and sizes available.
- Learn various wire shapes, sizes and consistency available.
- C. Dictation / Coding
- Take an active role in dictating more complicated cases.
- Patient Care
- Knowledge of catheter maintenance and follow-up care (includes dressing changes, flushing, input and output, when to change and remove.
- Technical
- Be able to complete basic diagnostic angiogram as primary operator.
- Be able to complete key components of interventional procedures as primary operator.
- Dictation / Coding
- Be able to dictate, select ICD-9 codes and generate surgical codes and all basic angiography and interventional cases.
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