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The
North Texas Point-of-Care
Network hosted
'Cardiac Markers - Why all the Confusion?'
- a presentation that devoted 90 minutes to describing
the challenges associated with
cardiac testing, and included
an overview of:
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The history of cardiac
markers used to detect
myocardial damage
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A review current testing
guidelines from various
organizations
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Review assay performance (Troponin)
and explore the reason for
the confusion surrounding
their usage
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The impact of
Turn-around-times of lab on
patient outcomes
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What are future makers of
cardiac disease that the lab
needs to prepare for?
Objectives: After
viewing this webinar,
you will be able to:
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Describe the challenges
associated with cardiac
patient testing to both the
laboratory and clinical
staff
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Discuss the role the lab
must play as educator to the
clinical staff
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Delineate the differences
between analytical and
clinical performance of
cardiac marker testing
Vendor Sponsors:
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Alere; Eurotrol;
MAS/RALS; Radiometer;
Siemens
About our
Presenter
Mr. Richard
Heitsman has 30 years of
critical care experience
centered around caring for the
acute and critically ill
patients in both the
pre-hospital, and emergency
department. His hospital career
path began in the ED and
progressed to the cardiac
catheterization lab. During this
time his responsibilities
progressed to supervisor and
eventually administrative
director of cardiovascular
services at a top 100
cardiovascular hospital.
From this position he was
promoted to provide corporate
quality guidance and oversight
to 35 hospitals in the western
US, with the intended goal of
increasing quality of care for
patients with cardiovascular
disease. For the past 9
years he has held positions of
increasing responsibility within
industry, providing clinical and
economical consultation for
hospitals considering
decentralized testing of
patients with suspected cardiac
disease. Mr. Heitsman is a
member of the council of
Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis,
for the American Heart
Association, and has coauthored
numerous papers on care of
cardiovascular patients.
He is certified as POC
specialist from the AACC.
He currently resides in Wichita,
Kansas.
