You may not have known, but Paramedics are also surgically savvy. Here is a picture of me just before I went into the O.R. and removed a guy's appendix.
Ok, of course I am joking. I was able to attend two Cath Lab procedures yesterday. One man was in for a check up on his stent that had been implanted just last spring because he was having reoccurring angina. The second case was a 90 year old man having a pacemaker implanted. That was pretty cool to see. I watched as the doctor inserted the electrical leads into this man's heart and then screwed the leads into the heart muscle in order to get good conduction. Two leads were implanted, one in the right ventricle and the other in the right atria. Once the leads were in place the pacemaker device was then implanted on the outside of the chest wall just under the skin of the man's chest. It was an awesome experience! I am looking forward to the opportunity to watch even more medical procedures.
