ECMID (Covid ECMO): Who do You Pick?
Editor’s Note: In this frenetic clinical environment we now live in- we are challenged by uncertain circumstances- with little to no virtual […]
Is it Covid- Or just a Summer Cold? Summer Cold :)
Editor’s Note: Because of where we are, where we work, and what we do, most working perfusionists right now will encounter a […]
News Media Describes ECMO as… “Brutal”
Editor’s Note: I’m not used to turning on the TV and watching a news report discuss anything at all related to perfusion. […]
Perfusion Life: Confronting FEAR
Editor’ Note: It’s a late Friday night and I’m listening to my dogs bark outside at God knows what – just because […]
A Locum’s ScrapBook: Stasis is NOT Paralysis!
Editor’s Note: Well it has been about five weeks now since I pumped my last case down somewhere in Kentucky. One […]
Joint Perfusion COVID-19 Task Force!
Editor’s Note: Fighting Back! Perfusion.com has joined with representatives from AmSECT, the American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion, the American Academy of Cardiovascular […]
Fighting Back! A Michigan 2-Room Elementary School- Lives up to it’s Name: BIG JACKSON!!!
Editor’s Note: Not sure I need to justify the relationship of this post to our Perfusion community- but I suppose the impact […]
Fighting Back! Setup Your Own Dept Covid Symptoms Database
Editor’s Note: These days when someone sneezes or coughs- EVERYBODY turns and looks. Herd mentality for sure. The main symptoms of COVID-19 […]
Perfusion Art: “This Is Our Life NOW…”
Perfusion Art: “This Is Our Life NOW…” Photographer: Frank Aprile, CCP Equipment: iphone 8 plus Editing: None Narrative: Time & Place: 2020: […]
Cloth Surgical Masks- with Disposable Inserts are an Excellent Work Around!
Editor’s Note: The mask I am wearing is one of four cloth masks that were custom made for me by Caitlyn Bondank, […]
From ZERO- to HERO! The Lowly and Taken For-Granted… Surgical Mask…
Editor’s Note: I have put people on bypass at 54 hospitals. I have worked as a surgical first assistant in another 10 […]
Perfusion Art: “Social Distancing- Our New Normal”
Perfusion Art: “Social Distancing- Our New Normal” Photographer: Frank Aprile, CCP Equipment: iphone 8 plus Editing: None Narrative: A look at what […]