Assist patients with x-rays, ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging, and other imaging techniques. Evaluate patients once their procedures are complete and care for them until they are discharged. Help meet patients' needs and manage their pain levels.

Work Settings:
• Hybrid OR
• Special Procedures
• Interventional Radiology
• Cardiac Cath Lab Procedures

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)
Abdominal and Pelvic:
• Adrenal Angiography
• Angioplasty
• Aortography
• Embolization
• Endograft placement
• Gastrostomy Tube Placement
• Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) filter placement
• Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) filter removal
• Inferior vena cavagram
• Mesenteric Angiogram
• Pelvic angiography
• Stent placement
• Superior vena cavogram
Genitourinary Studies/Procedures:
• Renal Angiography
• Renal Artery Stent Placement
Neurological Studies/Procedures:
• Carotid Angiography
• Discogram
• Embolization
• Stent placement
• Thrombolysis/Thrombectomy
Vascular Studies/Procedures:
• Angioplasty
• Carotid Stenting
• Central Venous Access/Port Placement
• Dialysis Graft Creation/Revision
• Dialysis Graft interventions (fistulograms/declots)
• Endovascular Interventions
• Upper and Lower Extremity Angiography
• Thrombolysis/Thrombectomy
• EVAR (Endovascular Aneurysm Repair)
• TEVAR (Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair)
Venous Access:
• Central Venous Access (non-Tunneled/PICC lines)
• Accessing/Managing Ports
Equipment and Devices:
• Siemens
• Ultrasound
• Fluoroscopy
Equipment/Operation/Maintenance:
• PACS
• Maintains equipment
• Maintains inventory
• Stocks supplies
Procedural Responsibilities:
• Accurate monitoring
• Equipment set up
• Perform EKG lead placement
• Prep access site
• Recognition of life-threatening arrhythmias
• Room circulator
• Scrub- maintain sterile field
• Vascular Closure Systems (Perclose, StarClose)
Infection Control:
• Sterile Technique

Unit Description: Interventional vascular radiology suite. peripheral angiography/venography with intervention, EVAR, TEVAR, carotid stenting, neuro-intervention including acute stroke, embolization.

Hospital Highlights: Short Term Acute Care
Type of Facility: Level IV Trauma Center, Major teaching hospital; member of the Council of Teaching Hospitals and Health Systems (COTH)