Such is the chatter I pick up going on between the cardiac surgeons and the perfusionists. The simplicity and efficiency of the lingo belie the complexity of the cardiopulmonary bypass machine.
My first month in cardiac anesthesiology nearly a year ago was rather stressful, with often difficult arterial and central venous lines, intense and dynamic physiological perturbations, [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘cardiopulmonary bypass’
July 8, 2008
Red up, blue up, volume in
June 12, 2008
Random thoughts from the big house
Whenever the “Ouch” pager clipped on my belt this week goes off, I’ve found myself standing quickly and informing others in the room, “I’ve got to go. There is a child in pain.” I’m not sure they can always tell the comment is meant to be tongue-in-cheek. Often it’s the hyperattentive parent, not the child, [...]
