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Tip Sheets
It’s like a lawnmower for your arteries. A new FDA-approved device uses a tiny Millions of patients a year receive the anti blood-clotting drug “heparin” during open heart or other surgical procedures, but close to 120,000 of them have a deadly allergy to the drug. To help further research into this little-known threat, the Florida Hospital Cancer Institute Laboratories recently received a significant grant from the American Heart Association. Hear from one patient who almost died before being diagnosed with the allergy and learn what you should be asking your doctor before your next surgery. More than 21,000 people a year are diagnosed with thoracic aneurysms. The traditional surgical treatment can lead to severe complications and even death. Fortunately, Florida Hospital is participating in a breakthrough new trial using minimally invasive stent grafts that hope to drastically improve patient outcomes. Talk to the surgeon heading up this trial and learn how he is saving lives. Virtual reality, hospital style. Florida Hospital physicians will have the opportunity to use virtual reality simulation to learn more about heart failure and coronary artery disease when an 80-foot semi truck equipped with two virtual cath labs parks in front of the hospital starting June 28. Come tour the semi and see first hand how this simulation is the physician classroom of the future. It’s not your typical summer school. High school students are spending their summer making rounds at Florida Hospital Celebration Health. Follow along as future nurses get an up close and all-encompassing look at the profession. From the Emergency Department to the Labor and Delivery unit, these students see it all.
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