Recordings from 2021 Fall VAD Webinar Series
VAD – Tips, Tricks and Futures
Darcy Hamre, RN BSN
VAD Coordinator
M Health Fairview
&
Dustin Szczech, RN BSN
Clinical Consultant
Abbott
Empowerment! This session will focus on ways to make living a little easier and help you thrive during your journey: We will exchange ideas with you and your caregiver. A few topics will include dressing and specialized clothing, creative tricks for remaining active throughout the year, driving and even at home strategies for testing! As a bonus Dustin from Abbott will sharing the directions they are taking this technology to continue to improve heart health!
VAD Coordinator
M Health Fairview
&
Dustin Szczech, RN BSN
Clinical Consultant
Abbott
Empowerment! This session will focus on ways to make living a little easier and help you thrive during your journey: We will exchange ideas with you and your caregiver. A few topics will include dressing and specialized clothing, creative tricks for remaining active throughout the year, driving and even at home strategies for testing! As a bonus Dustin from Abbott will sharing the directions they are taking this technology to continue to improve heart health!
| vad_-_tips_tricks_and_futures.pdf |
Living and Aging with VAD as a Destination
Valmiki “Val” Maharaj, MD
Advanced Heart Failure, Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support
University of Minnesota Division of Cardiology
&
Michael Finch APRN, NP
Palliative Medicine
M Health Fairview
How does a VAD effect the aging process? We will discuss the impact of heart failure, VAD, and your body’s natural aging. Dr Maharaj will share insights on the medical journey of destination therapy while Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner, Michael Finch will discuss symptom management and ways to approach quality of life. It’s about heart life not heart failure!
Advanced Heart Failure, Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support
University of Minnesota Division of Cardiology
&
Michael Finch APRN, NP
Palliative Medicine
M Health Fairview
How does a VAD effect the aging process? We will discuss the impact of heart failure, VAD, and your body’s natural aging. Dr Maharaj will share insights on the medical journey of destination therapy while Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner, Michael Finch will discuss symptom management and ways to approach quality of life. It’s about heart life not heart failure!
| living_with_an_lvad_as_a_destination.pdf |
| palliative_care.pdf |
VAD as a Bridge to Transplant
Rebecca Cogswell, MD
Medical Director of Mechanical Circulatory Support
University of Minnesota Division of Cardiology
&
Brian Roscoe, PsyD
Behavior Health Clinician
M Health Fairview
Transplant, is that the next step of your journey? Dr. Cogswell will share insights and help better understand the landscape of this transition: whether you have been waiting for just a few months or years this can be a tricky time. We know managing the emotional impact on you and your family can be challenging. Dr Roscoe will share tools and techniques for coping and becoming more comfortable during this uncertain period of life.
Medical Director of Mechanical Circulatory Support
University of Minnesota Division of Cardiology
&
Brian Roscoe, PsyD
Behavior Health Clinician
M Health Fairview
Transplant, is that the next step of your journey? Dr. Cogswell will share insights and help better understand the landscape of this transition: whether you have been waiting for just a few months or years this can be a tricky time. We know managing the emotional impact on you and your family can be challenging. Dr Roscoe will share tools and techniques for coping and becoming more comfortable during this uncertain period of life.
| bridge_to_transplant_-_cogswell.pdf |
| bridge_to_transplant_-_roscoe.pdf |
Those Applying to Sainthood – Caregivers!
Michael Petty, PhD, RN, APRN, ACNS-BC, CCNS
Advanced Practice Nurse Leader
University of Minnesota Medical Center
The success of any transplant or MCS recipient depends to a significant degree on the family caregivers who accompany the patients on their journey. As a medical team we recognize the importance of family caregivers in our work with heart failure patients. The goal of this session will be to focus on the family caregiver:
• Identify challenges commonly described by caregivers
• Discuss self-care strategies that might serve the caregiver
• Share experiences, difficulties, solutions, and successes of caregivers in attendance
Advanced Practice Nurse Leader
University of Minnesota Medical Center
The success of any transplant or MCS recipient depends to a significant degree on the family caregivers who accompany the patients on their journey. As a medical team we recognize the importance of family caregivers in our work with heart failure patients. The goal of this session will be to focus on the family caregiver:
• Identify challenges commonly described by caregivers
• Discuss self-care strategies that might serve the caregiver
• Share experiences, difficulties, solutions, and successes of caregivers in attendance
| slides_from_presentation.pdf |