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The Clinical Perfusionist

photo of perfusionist working at heart/lung machine

As long as the patient is on Bypass, the perfusionist controls the patients blood flow, blood pressure, and gas exchange as well as monitoring and delivering anticoagulation and protective heart medications.

You now have all the information necessary to fully understand the generic phrase...

“The Perfusionist runs the Heart/Lung Machine
during open-heart surgery”.

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