What Does the Culture Safety Look Like in Your Department? A Chief Perfusionist’s Perspective (EP Video)
David Fitzgerald presents a chief perfusionist's perspective on the culture of perfusion safety (51:48 minutes).
Incident Reporting in Perfusion: Attitudes and Efficacy in Improving Health Care Quality (EP Video)
Dave C. Fitzgerald discusses the attitudes and efficacy of incident reporting in perfusion (36:56 minutes).
Impact of Blood Product Transfusion on Short and Long-Term Survival After Cardiac Surgery: More Evidence
This study was undertaken to evaluate the effects of transfusion on both short-term and long-term survival after cardiac surgery.
Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Unsafe at Any Speed? (EP Video)
Aaron Hill discusses why cardiopulmonay bypass can be potentially unsafe at any speed (34:29 minutes).
AmSECT Perfusion Safety Sessions (Video CME)
Video CME from the AmSECT 2012 International Conference (194 minutes). The ABCP has awarded 4.0 CEU Category I SDCE Credits for this activity.
AmSECT Business Practice Sessions (Video)
CME Video from the 2012 AmSECT International Perfusion Conference (112 minutes).
The Association of Blood Transfusion With Mortality After Cardiac Surgery: Cause or Confounding?
We undertook a multivariate logistic regression analysis of the risk factors associated with mortality in 2599 consecutive patients undergoing cardiac surgery.
Ambulatory ECMO as a Bridge to Lung Transplant (EP Video)
Desiree Bonadonna discusses ECMO as viable bridge to Lung Transplantation (11:15 minutes).
Identifying Specific Causes of Gaseous Microemboli Generation in the Extracorporeal Circuit Using the EDAC Quantifier (EP Video)
Nhan Le discusses the use of the EDAC to identify specific causes of gaseous microemboli (12:28 minutes).
New Life Support System Enhances Safety and Ease of Inter-Hospital Transport of Patients on ECMO (EP Video)
Dr. Cory Aldwart discusses the Maquet Cardiohelp and how it eases ECMO transport (12:33 minutes).
Hospital Systems and Perfusion Leaders (EP Video)
Nick Mellas discusses hospital systems and how to become a leader in perfusion (24:27 minutes).
Balancing Costs and Best Practices (EP Video)
David Fitzgerald discusses the process of balancing cost with best practice considerations (40:08 minutes).