Cardiogenic shock: a more aggressive approach is now warranted

Fieldwork Supervision: More Education Is Warranted

The consensus within our profession is that the fieldwork experience plays an integral role in an occupational therapist's professional development. In 1923, the first educational standards requiring fieldwork experiences were approved by the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) Today, in addition to academic course work, 6 months of supervised fieldwork is a required prerequisite f...

Fieldwork supervision: more education is warranted.

Students completing fieldwork are the future of our profession. We can no longer allow our fieldwork educators to develop skills to supervise, teach, and evaluate students on a trial-and-error basis. By allocating resources to develop continuing education materials to be used in developing these skills, the profession will be acknowledging its long-standing espoused commitment to fieldwork. The...

Improving quality of life after cardiogenic shock: do more revascularization!

he outcome of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has hanged dramatically during the last two decades. Most atients can now expect survival rates of more than 90% (1). he main reason for this enhanced outcome is the active ursuit of reperfusion in AMI with fibrinolytic therapy and rimary percutaneous coronary intervention. As we have mproved survival, many patients who previously would not ave su...

Cardiogenic shock.

The syndrome of cardiogenic shock (CS) comprises a constellation of symptoms and signs that define a subset of patients with inadequate tissue perfusion secondary to myocardial dysfunction. Careful attention to and rapid identification of patients at risk for the development of CS and those with impending CS by both hospitalists and subspecialists will help to implement the time-sensitive thera...

Cardiogenic Shock