Maree Smith s remains were found by passers by near Spike Milligan Bridge on Brisbane Water Drive at Woy Woy, on the NSW Central Coast, at about 2.10pm on Sunday.
Monday, 12 April 2021, 12:08 pm
A world-class simulation training programme developed at
Waikato DHB to help a specialist cardiac unit prepare for
the unexpected is drawing attention across the country and
overseas.
The training sessions for the Cardiac
Catheterisation Laboratory, more commonly known as the Cath
Lab, is the brainchild of Waikato Hospital interventional
cardiologist Dr Madhav Menon who worked alongside with
colleagues from the UK, USA and Australia.
The Cath
Lab focuses on diseases of the heart, arteries, valves and
rhythm. They are minimally invasive procedures like coronary
stents to open blocked arteries, transcatheter valve
implants, pacemakers, mapping of electrical pathways and
In cardiac catheterisation laboratories, known as cath labs, they carry out some complex, high-risk procedures on the heart - things like putting in stents and pacemakers.
Waikato Hospital interventional cardiologist Dr Madhav Menon says most of the time it runs like clockwork, but on rare occasions things can go wrong. We can perforate a vessel, we can perforate an artery, we can bleed around the heart, the heart valve can rupture, your pacing wire can cause holes, Dr Menon says. It doesn t happen often, but when it happens it is a disaster.
Dr Menon helped develop a training programme to prevent chaos in a crisis.