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Realistic Description of a Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Scene A modern cardiac catheterization laboratory is brightly lit, with large overhead medical lights and a C-arm fluoroscopy machine positioned over the angiography table. On the table lies a patient, draped in sterile blue covers, with monitoring leads and defibrillator pads attached to the chest. The patient’s arm is extended on an arm board where an IV line is running. The interventional cardiologist, wearing a sterile gown, mask, and lead apron, is standing at the patient’s right side, carefully manipulating a catheter under fluoroscopic guidance while watching the monitors that display the coronary arteries in real time. A scrub nurse stands opposite the cardiologist, assisting with catheters, wires, and syringes filled with contrast. A circulating nurse is nearby, preparing medications and recording times of drug administration. At the head of the table, an anesthetist or sedation nurse monitors the airway, oxygen saturation, and vital signs, ready to adjust medications. To one side, a cath lab technician operates the imaging equipment, adjusting the C-arm and ensuring optimal views of the coronary arteries are displayed on the large overhead monitors. Another technician may be ready at the control console behind a lead glass window, observing the fluoroscopy feed and supporting the cardiologist’s requests. The environment is clean, sterile, and highly organized — with crash cart, defibrillator, suction See more