The Toronto Chapter of CSVN hosts first Vascular Education event.

The Toronto Chapter of CSVN successfully held its first education session “Vascular Talk”, on October 4th at the Toronto General Hospital.

The event was well attended by nurses, students, and allied health professionals from several hospitals including Toronto General Hospital (TGH), St. Michael’s Hospital (SMH), Sick Children’s Hospital and Trillium Health Partners.

The speakers included Dr. Roche-Nagle, a vascular surgeon from TGH who did an excellent overview of aneurysms and Bertha Hughes, Nurse Practitioner from SMH, who also did an excellent presentation on the importance of a thorough vascular assessment.

“Vascular Talk’ was generously sponsored by Sigvaris and the guests enjoyed a pizza dinner.

The Toronto Chapter of CSVN is actively recruiting new members. If you are interested in joining our Chapter please contact us via email at [email protected] look forward to another event in a few months.

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