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Extra skills that open doors

• ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation)

  Running long-term heart and lung support in the intensive care unit, sometimes for weeks. Growing fast since the pandemic.

• Pediatric and congenital perfusion

  Bypass for babies and children at a handful of centres. Tiny circuits, high stakes.

• Ventricular assist devices

  Implanted heart pumps that patients go home with. Perfusionists help run those programs.

• Organ perfusion for transplant

  Keeping donor hearts, lungs and livers alive on a machine between donor and recipient.