Od-022495 VAD Therapy for the Treatment of Advanced Heart Failure v2

This course is not active.

Type

On Demand

Credit

No

Description

VAD Therapy for the treatment of the advanced heart failure patient

Objectives

  • State history of the MCS at MHVI and team members
  • State indications for advanced therapies
  • Describe the components of VAD systems
  • Describe routine care and monitoring of the system
  • Identify clinically concerning parameters - device-related and patient-related
  • Documentation importance
  • State the Performance Measures the VAD program is monitoring
  • Emergencies in the community

Fees

Free

Activity Director

Tonya Elliott tonya.i.elliott@medstar.net

Organization

MedStar Washington Hospital Center