The Nuts and Bolts of Implantable Device Therapy: Pacemakers (The Nuts and Bolts Series) - Softcover

Kenny, Tom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1118670671 ISBN 13: 9781118670675

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2014

Synopsis

• Tom Kenny, one of the best-known and well-respected educators in EP brings his signature style to this new primer
• Practical, accessible, highly illustrated approach makes learning easy
• Provides an overview of the algorithms and devices offered by the world’s five pacemaker manufacturers
• Offers clinicians learning objectives, test questions and essential points in bulleted lists
• Perfect introductory guide to the topic, assumes little baseline knowledge and appropriate for residents, fellows, EP nurses, general clinical cardiologists, EP fellows and industry professionals

About this title

About the Author

Tom Kenny, FHRS, CCDS

Tom Kenny has always been an educator. From his start as a Critical Care Educator for the North Broward Hospital District in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to serving as Director of Education at PrepMD in Braintree, Massachusetts, Tom has focused on providing real-world, practical education for clinicians. Although he has served on faculty at Broward Community College and lectures for the Heart Rhythm Society and the Food and Drug Administration, Tom has always believed that it was imperative to educate the “front lines” of healthcare, the men and women clinicians across the country who treat patients day in and day out. He has served at Intermedics and St. Jude Medical in corporate medical device education, where he sought to make highly complicated therapies easily understood. In his tenure at both companies, he expanded training programs and developed educational materials. Finding that there was little in the way of pacemaker training for educated clinicians who just did not happen to know pacing, Tom brought his style of training to the classroom and now to book form. Tom is a native New Yorker who currently divides his time between Massachusetts and Texas. He has five children.

From the Back Cover

This book was created for clinicians who are new to cardiac pacing and defibrillation and want a fast-paced, practical, real-world introduction to the subject. Tom Kenny brings his down-to-earth style to this remarkable educational work that provides clinicians with illustrations, lists, tables, and lots of practical tips aimed at helping them navigate the sometimes complicated world of cardiac pacing.

Tom Kenny, a medical educator and long-time advocate for better cardiac pacing education and current Director of Education at PrepMD, wrote this book in order to:

• Give clinicians a practical, realistic, easy-to-follow guide into the nuances of cardiac pacing―even if they have absolutely no background or experience in the field to start with
• Provide an overview of the algorithms and devices offered by the world’s five pacemaker manufacturers (no other book offers this!)
• Create a great reference book and go-to resource for busy clinicians who may already work in pacing but sometimes still have questions
• Offer clinicians self-assessment tests and organized information to facilitate studying for various exams related to cardiac pacing and defibrillation
• Shed some light (and illustrations) on cardiac pacing concepts, including some that confuse even the experts!

An ideal resource for trainees in cardiology and electrophysiology, EP nurses and NPs, EP lab technical staff, cath lab educators, and medical device industry professionals, this book offers practical, reliable and objective information on cardiac pacemakers.

From the Inside Flap

This book was created for clinicians who are new to cardiac pacing and defibrillation and want a fast-paced, practical, real-world introduction to the subject. Tom Kenny brings his down-to-earth style to this remarkable educational work that provides clinicians with illustrations, lists, tables, and lots of practical tips aimed at helping them navigate the sometimes complicated world of cardiac pacing.

Tom Kenny, a medical educator and long-time advocate for better cardiac pacing education and current Director of Education at PrepMD, wrote this book in order to:

• Give clinicians a practical, realistic, easy-to-follow guide into the nuances of cardiac pacing—even if they have absolutely no background or experience in the field to start with
• Provide an overview of the algorithms and devices offered by the world’s five pacemaker manufacturers (no other book offers this!)
• Create a great reference book and go-to resource for busy clinicians who may already work in pacing but sometimes still have questions
• Offer clinicians self-assessment tests and organized information to facilitate studying for various exams related to cardiac pacing and defibrillation
• Shed some light (and illustrations) on cardiac pacing concepts, including some that confuse even the experts!

An ideal resource for trainees in cardiology and electrophysiology, EP nurses and NPs, EP lab technical staff, cath lab educators, and medical device industry professionals, this book offers practical, reliable and objective information on cardiac pacemakers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1118670671
• ISBN 13: 9781118670675
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336