Francesco Germinal
Latest contributions
New frontiers - The evolving role of nurses and allied professionals
20 May 2026 – From EuroPCR 2026
This session explores the evolving role of nurses and allied professionals in interventional cardiology, addressing challenges in role definitions, collaborative responsibilities with physicians, and strategies for professional recognition and safety enhancement within the cath lab environment.
From entry to exit: managing arterial access for nurses and allied professionals
20 May 2026 – From EuroPCR 2026
This session focuses on arterial access management tailored for nurses and allied health professionals. It highlights key anatomical landmarks, demonstrates the purpose and use of common vascular closure devices through live manikin demonstrations, and discusses the essential role of nursing and allied staff in vascular access...
How to optimise TAVI pathway
17 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
Consult this series of slides to enhance understanding on the TAVI pathway, get a defined idea of the role of a TAVI coordinator in patient journeys, and explore organisational dynamics in diverse TAVI centres.
Best practice in care of access sites
19 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 2022
Timeout and pre-procedural checklists, care of femoral access site, care of radial access site, patient discharge, tradition- versus evidence-based guidelines: these are the subjects covered by this EuroPCR 2022 session, which concludes with the award ceremony for NAP clinical cases 2022.
How to implement advanced practice for NAPs in your country
19 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 2022
What is advanced practice? What about pre-procedural, procedural, and post-procedural advanced practice? How is advanced practice understood in Europe? Find some answers in this session of EuroPCR 2022.
Acute coronary syndrome: are women really so different?
18 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 222
This session delivers key messages to nurses and allied professionals: listen to your female patients, help them describe their symptoms, ask the right questions to determine their history, and know which Troponin levels reflect a positive ACS.
What's new in 2022
18 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 2022
This session emphasizes the fact that guidelines, although still too rarely, can be written BY and FOR NAPs, and are the most important tool to be used for decision making, and that COVID has changed the way we work, while maintaining a high level of protection...
