Posts featuring cardiologists — the heart specialists who diagnose underlying conditions, manage devices and medications, and support cardiac arrest survivors in long-term care.
Paul talks with consultant cardiologist Dr Tom Keeble, about what happens in a catheter lab (cathlab). There are rules in the Cathlab, but fortunately it isn’t the same as Fight Club so we can talk about them and Dr Keeble takes us through Angiograms, Angioplasty, Stents and the difference between an emergency patient an elective one. Dr Keeble is a consultant … Read more
Paul talks with consultant cardiologist Dr Tom Keeble, about building a better future for cardiac arrest survival with a number of recent projects he has been working on: the Sudden Cardiac Arrest UK #NotAlone event, the International Task force for Cardiac Arrest Recovery (ITCAR), Heartwize Essex and the forthcoming video #WhatJackDid aimed at encouraging teenagers … Read more
In episode #007 Paul talks with consultant cardiologist Dr Tom Keeble, about beta blockers and other medications that cardiac arrest survivors and other cardiac patients might be prescribed with. The conversation touches on what beta blockers are, what they do, why they are commonly prescribed, dosages, activities and side affects such as tiredness. Additionally, Dr … Read more