I shadowed a cardiologist named Arnulfo Granado. He uses echocardiograms to get an imaging of the heart. He receive patients with arrhythmia, atrophibulation, risk of heart attack, and any other heart threatening conditions. According to Mr. Granado, his job is fairly easy—he mostly have to know how to use TTE and TEE echocardiograms to take a good pictures of the patients’ hearts and measure the size of the valve, right atrium, etc. His work was very interesting to hear since looking at all kinds of heart with different conditions is very amusing to observe. When I arrived to the Cardiologist Granado, he already had a patient almost an hour ago. He used an echocardiogram called TEE ultrasound probe to get more accurate imaging of the patient’s heart. Since he already used the probe into patient’s body, he had to wash and sanitize it in order for him to reuse it again for the next upcoming patient. When he was washing the probe, he went to the first station of the sink where the “dirty” and used equipment is washed. He would first wash with pure water, and …show more content…
When using an echocardiogram to take many pictures of the heart, you need patient to wait until the right moment since the heart constantly moves without rest. Also, sometimes the doctor arrives late to the scene, so the cardiologist have to wait until the doctor arrives before performing any procedures. Another quality is accuracy. When using the computer to measure and take a picture, the information must be accurate for the doctor or Cath Lab to use since numbers and position of the heart can help quickly pinpoint the cause of the abnormalities of the heart. Finally, dexterity is important. Most of the times, the cardiologist would use computers which need skillful handwork in pressing buttons and moving the mouse to measure or show different kind of image such as colored imaging where the blood flow can be seen and
One of the most common forms of errors found in the medical field is the recycling of soiled equipment. The repeated use of dirty medical equipment is found commonly in the poor regions of the world
Cardiomyopathy, by definition, means the weakening of the heart muscle. The heart is operated by a striated muscle that relies on the autonomic nervous system to function. Cardiomyopathy is diagnosed in four different ways based on what caused the illness and exactly what part of the heart is weakened. The four main types of cardiomyopathy are dilated cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, restrictive cardiomyopathy, and arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia. One other category of cardiomyopathy that is diagnosed is “unclassified cardiomyopathy.” Unclassified cardiomyopathy is the weakening of the heart that does not fit into the main four categories.
Ecton Inc. is a small company that develops innovative solutions in the medical imaging market. The latest device they have developed is the first portable, highly compact, fully digital, echocardiography. Traditional echocardiographies are large pieces of equipment that offer zero mobility. This rendered emergency rooms powerless to the convenience mobility offers. For example, if a doctor needed to receive an image of a patents heart they would have to schedule and move a patient to the location of the echocardiography. In an emergency situation this limits the data doctors require to make an accurate prescription if the patient cannot be move to the machine. By miniaturizing this device Ecton has ushered in a revolution in the medical imaging arena. The next step for the company is to decide how they are going to introduce the product to the market. This study has put me in the driver’s seat and offered me a glimpse of what the CEO was faced with when making this decision. I will provide my opinion regarding the next steps Ecton should perform moving forward with their newly developed disruptive technology.
A cardiologist functions much like a regular doctor, in the sense that they’d examine their patients and attempt to find any irregularities in the operation of the heart. A cardiologist may recommend proper treatment and preventive methods for stopping the onset of some of the more dangerous heart conditions. Additionally, a cardiologist will be the primary source of information on a patient to a surgeon, should the patient need to be operated on. (HEALTH CARE CAREERS,
These heart tests are known as echocardiograms. For example, these evaluate different aspects of the heart, such as chamber size, valve function, and blood flow. One may even do tests such as Holter monitoring and stress testing. This job requires you to be responsible for recording medical history, preparing the patients, maintaining the equipment, and performing the procedures. After you perform the procedure on the patient, you must then discuss the results with the doctor. Strong communication skills are a key characteristic that a physician should always possess in this field of duty.
The calibration of the ECG is important because it helps to learn whether the machine is ready and working properly or not.
Due to the fact that we thrive in a prevalent world of technological advances significantly more convenient machines have been granted. Furthermore, the diagnostic tests that can be done to evaluate heart function are:
... such as the EKG. Not only can the parent be informed of any ailments, but the doctor can better prepare, and inform the parent of ways to possibly fix the underlying ailment. EKG machines are an excellent advancement of our time and will aid to countless discoveries in the medical field.
Today's technology helps routine screening measures be extremely accurate compared to past years. A new MRI, for instance, diagnoses heart disease in patients as far ahead as 10 years before they will be at risk of suffering a heart attack. Medical professionals are trained better today on what to be on the lookout for with routine screening tests and procedures.
Oxygen was first admitted to the client with chest pain over 100 years ago (Metcalfe, 2011). Chest pain is a large bracket that can contain many different conditions, but for the purpose of this analysis it is focused manly upon a myocardial infarction. A myocardial infarction is mainly referred to as a heart attack, and occurs when one or more coronary arteries leading to the heart reduce or completely stop blood flow (Tuipulotu, 2013 ). Administering high concentrations of oxygen to patients with chest pain is now embedded in guidelines, protocols and care pathways, even with a lack of clear supporting evidence (Nicholson, 2004 ). High concentration of oxygen means that up to 60% is administered (Knott, 2012). More recent research has suggested that the use of oxygen in this scenario is unnecessary and can lead to unwanted side effects, especially in normoxic cardiac patients (Moradkham & Sinoway, 2010 ). The aim of this comparative analysis is to dismantle and understand both the benefits and risks of the commonly known practice of administration of oxygen to the client with chest pain. Through completing this analysis using recent and appropriate evidence a more improved practice can be given and understood.
It is essential to the human body that the heart pump sufficient nutrient rich blood to the body’s cells, because the body won’t be able to function normally otherwise. When a heart muscle is unable to pump enough blood through to meet the body’s regular demand it is characterized as heart failure. Heart failure can usually be treated through conventional heart therapies and symptom management strategies, however conventional therapies don’t work for all patients with heart failure, this is what is depicted as advanced heart failure or end-stage heart failure. In other words “End stage” heart failure is when the condition becomes so severe that all conventional treatments no longer work, the only treatment that works for end stage heart failure is to have a heart transplantation-surgery to remove a person's diseased heart and replace it with a healthy heart from a deceased donor. However there are two large encompassing problems with this treatment. The first problem is that the patient is subject to shortages in donor organ availability and thus possible further decompensation and potential death while awaiting transplantation. According to the American Heart Association, there are over 500,000 new cases of end-stage heart failure in the United States every year. With only 2200 donor hearts available every year nearly 20-30% of the patients who die while they await a transplant. The second problem with this mode of treatment is that not all patients qualify for heart transplantation. Patients who have another disease in addition to end-stage heart failure do not qualify for heart transplantation. The discrepancy between the clinical need for donor hearts and the total number of hearts available, as well as the lack of treatment o...
Someone who is an Invasive Cardiologist they deal specifically with the catheter based treatment of heart diseases. They help diagnose, treat, and prevent disease that would harm another person's body of the cardiovascular system. They are the doctor of the heart, arteries, and they will promote healthy hearts and help with rehab after a person undergoes surgery that is consider the cardiovascular system. Cardiology is different from a cardiac surgeon because the cardiologist is the one that diagnoses the problem and will help treat the patient of that problem and helps them come back after a surgery. As the surgeon is the one that does the procedure of the patient to help them as well get better. But the cardiologist is the one that indicates
A coronary angiogram, also called coronary angiography, is an X-ray procedure used to look at the arteries in the heart. In this procedure, a dye (contrast dye) is injected through a long, hollow tube (catheter). The catheter is about the diameter of a piece of cooked spaghetti and is inserted through the groin, wrist, or arm. The dye is injected into each artery, and X-rays are then taken to show if there is a blockage in the arteries of the heart.
Currently Americans are at a high risk for heart disease. The Center for Disease Control assess that about 49% of Americans have at least one of these three factors attributing to heart disease: high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and smoking (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2014). There are also other medical conditions and lifestyle choices that can increase the risk for heart disease such as: diabetes, obesity, excessive alcohol use and physical inactivity. In my opinion, the chronic condition which will have the most impact on the future of our aging baby boomers would be heart disease. I believe this chronic disease holds a strong impact due to the high amount of baby boomers which have this condition, the media’s depiction of how heart disease can affect older adults, as well as family members who have had heart disease when they became older adults. This paper will include my thoughts on heart disease through the lens of demographics, family, social and financial impact, public health network function, and prevention program availability.
Invasive and interventional cardiology is the study of a group of methods in which diagnostic testing and non-surgical interventional treatments are used for treating patients who suffer from various heart diseases and disorders such as atherosclerosis (hardening of artery walls) and coronary artery disease (plaque build-up in coronary arteries). This field covers a variety of therapies ranging from stents to intravascular ultrasounds. Invasive and interventional cardiology began with the birth of catheterization, starting from the early ancient Egyptians, going back to 400 B.C. During 400 B.C., catheters were fashioned by hollow reeds and pipes were used on cadavers to study the function of cardiac valves. Then, in 3000 B.C., ancient Egyptians performed the first types of catheterization which started from the bladder using metal pipes (Choudhury, Rahman, Azam, and Hashem 75). With the very basic beginnings of inserting pipes and tubes, these ideas began to shape the minds of doctors. The first major breakthrough that led to the birth of catheterization was a description of blood flow and blood itself by William Harvey in his “earth-s...