The portability and the non-invasive nature of echocardiography - along with recent advances in technology - make it a useful tool for evaluating diastolic function as Doppler echocardiography displays the phases of diastole, along with showing the progression of diastolic dysfunction, ranging from abnormal relaxation to restrictive filling. This course provides an overview of diastole, reviews ways of identifying diastolic dysfunction, and introduces the learner to tissue Doppler, color m-mode and how to assess pulmonary venous flow when using echocardiography.

1 CEU

Course Objectives: Discuss atrial flutter as a macro-reentrant tachycardia. Look at the patient demographics, history, and treatment options associated with atrial flutter. Describe the different types of flutter. Explain the equipment, initiation, termination, and differential testing used during an EP study for atrial flutter. Examine the atrial flutter ablation procedure, with emphasis on location of ablation and endpoints. Detail success rates, post-ablation patient care and possible complications associated with atrial flutter ablation.

1 CEU

This course discusses atrio-ventricular (AV) node ablation.  Highlights include: inidications, symptomology, arrhythmia mechanisms, pacing considerations, and rate control options.  The anatomy and physiology, catheter positioning, and procedural logistics will also be covered.

0.5 CEU

To perform cardiac assessments on patients it is crucial to understand cardiac pressures, pullbacks, gradients and cardiac output. In this course, users will learn what normal pressure values within each cardiac chamber are and the correlation between chambers with this one hour interactive video program. Also in this video the viewer will be taught about abnormal pressures and disorders the patient may be experiencing.

1 CEU

This course is designed to review the cardiovascular system and its attached components. The course focuses on the anatomy of the heart, circulation, Frank Starling’s Law, action potential, muscle contraction, myocardial conduction system and the cardiac cycle.

1.5 CEUs

Cardiovascular Hemodynamics is an introduction course to basic hemodynamic monitoring.  In this course, basic parameters that are crucial in better understanding cardiac assessments on patients will be discussed.  Emphasis will also be placed on the importance of obtaining accurate hemodynamic recordings and the impact inaccurate readings can have on patient outcome.  Some topics that will be discussed include:  mechanism of obtaining a waveform, inaccurate recordings, normal cardiac chamber pressures, pullbacks, gradients and cardiac output. The course will also evaluate the atrial and ventricular waveforms, identifying its components and significance of each.

1 CEU

Cardiovascular Pathophysiology is a two part series that examines many of the cardiovascular disease processes that occur in our everyday practices. The course outlines and defines various disease processes focusing primarily on etiologies, diagnoses, signs and symptoms and treatment modalities. After the completion of both courses, the reader will have a better understanding of how many of these disease processes are interrelated. The reader should also understand that early diagnosis and treatment are key determinants of the patient’s outcome.

Part I is designed to look at Congestive Heart Failure, Pulmonary Hypertension, Hypertension, Atherosclerosis, Myocardial Infarction and Valvular abnormalities.

1.5 CEUs

This course provides a review of the Joint Commissions medication safety goals and the five rights of safe patient medication administration. Medications are discussed in relation to their effects on cardiac physiology. The autonomic nervous system and lifesaving medications that influence the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system and provide hemodynamic support are reviewed. (Epinephrine, norepinephrine, Neosynephrine, isuprel, dopamine, dobutamine, atropine) In addition, a comprehensive look at Starling’s Law and the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption and types of angina are reviewed. Finally, the pharmacokinetics of beta blockers, nitrates, calcium channel blockers and Vaughn-Williams Class 1,2,3 antiarrhythimic medications are examined in this course.

1 CEU

This course is a generic overview of the principles of conscious sedation. The course includes a discussion of several conscious sedation agents, as well as conscious sedation reversal agents. JCAHO documentation standards are also identified.

1.5 CEUs

This course will review coronary catheters, discussing their history, materials, shapes and appropriateness of use. Advantages and pitfalls of various catheters will also be discussed.

1 CEU

With the never-ending shortage of qualified employees, you need to focus on retaining your best and brightest healthcare workers. This class provides a brief look at some of the trends and costs associated with recruiting healthcare employees and then offers you twenty proven methods of keeping your staff right where they belong: at your facility.

0.5 CEU

Tachycardia mechanisms are the foundation of understanding and treating cardiac arrhythmias.  This course will discuss these mechanisms in detail, providing key features, electrogram patterns, and mechanistic theory.  Ablation techniques for the mechanisms will also be presented.

0.5 CEU

This class introduces the learner to one of the lesser known complications resulting from the administration on Benzocaine during TEE. After completing the course, the learner will be able to understand the pathophysiology of methemoglobinemia, recognize the associated signs and symptoms and the method of treatment used. Helpful nursing interventions will also be discussed.

0.5 CEU

In this course, the learner will be presented with a basic overview and introduction to electrophysiology (EP). Items discussed in this course include the specific intervals for normal and abnormal values, 12 lead EKGs, mechanisms of tachycardia, and how these mechanisms are used to determine the various pacing tools and protocols used to induce tachycardias during the basic EP study.

1 CEU

The aim of this course is for participants to gain a solid understanding of the equipment utilized in the EP lab and the basic intervals that will be measured on the surface ECG and the internal electrograms.

1.5 CEUs