Speaker at the April 2 meeting of the Rotary Club of Lawrenceville was Wendy Moran, Clinical Manager of the Cardiovascular Operating Room (CVOR) at Gwinnett Medical Center. Wendy, an RN with 17 years of CVOR experience, shared information about the Strickland Heart Center at Gwinnett Medical Center. She gave the history of the Center
dating back to 1989, described the work done there, and used Power Point slides to show the physical facilities. The Strickland Center does stints, angioplasty, and now does open heart surgery. She gave details about the Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting and the Valve Replacement/Repair processes and praised the Center’s excellent record in serving heart patients. Each member of the open heart surgery team was described: the Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Cardiac Anesthesiologist, Physician’s Assistant, Perfusionist, R. N. (circulator and “captain of the ship”), First Assistant Technologist, and Surgical Technologist. She emphasized the signs of heart attack for both men and women and reminded the group that heart attacks are still the #1 leading cause of death in the United States.

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