UNDERSTANDING THE HEART LUNG MACHINE

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[@hollypytel7668]

Recovering from triple bypass cabg on April 5th, 2024. Out of curiosity I had watched this video and I'm glad that I watched this video after my surgery and not before ❤. Healing well and thankful.

[@ChristopherEjimofor]

Great video! I was a Surgical Technologist for 9 years but went back to school to become a Perfusionist. I'm almost done with my Clinical rotations. Tough but very rewarding. Jobs are numerous right now. Pay is really good and totally love this profession. Graduation in May 2018. As Surgical Technologists or any healthcare professional, we have lots of options to grow. So do not hold back if you think you want to advance your career.

[@SpottedXtreme]

Hey Chirs Congrats! What school are you attending?

[@ChristopherEjimofor]

SpottedXtreme SUNY Upstate Medical University. Syracuse NY

[@TheMiniWumbo]

How often do you have to come into work? It doesn't seem like open heart surgery is something that happens often

[@omphemetsetsiane2204]

How old were you when you started studying

[@MinnieLitty]

Christopher Ejimofor I want to do this. Currently getting my associates to be a scrub tech though. I think starting there will help. What route did you take to be a PERFUSIONISTS? I think I’m going to work for a few years, go back to school to take a few courses needed, then get my bachelors online at NAU, move to Houston, TX and apply at UTH McGovern Medical School. I saw online that there is a shortage of PERFUSIONISTS.

[@riksplace]

VERY cool to see. I had open heart surgery 19 months ago to replace a bad aortic valve and an aortic aneurysm repaired with a dacron graft. Very interesting to see what "killed" me and kept me alive during the procedure. I had never seen how the actual machine worked and how it was connected to my body.

[@radhavallabhshreeharivans]

I m perfusionist...its miracle. ..i hv done 1500 cases

[@Riotdrone]

i also had an aortic aneurysm that was dissecting repaired with dacron graft in 2018 when i was 27, it's a genetic issue so i might have to have it done again and learning about this is helping a little bit

[@ponetastic]

better after then before. i prefer un-informed consent - unfortunately i know too much already. hope youre still kickin

[@riksplace]

@@ponetastic still kickin' 5+ yrs after heart surgery...funny when I see shows showing blood and guts I turn away....except those showing open heart surgery....seeing that doesn't bother me for some reason....

[@johnb4183]

Actually the heart is stopped by the application of cold potassium, there are vids on utube showing this.

[@clagrow]

I had a CABG X2 last summer and find this fascinating that this is how I was "kept alive". Great video guys and thanks for doing what you do...from those of us who are still here today!

[@rogerchristensen2741]

Had a recent heart operation and it was nice to learn about the machine that kept me alive during surgery.

[@aaliyathorpe9057]

Great video, the delivery was very straightforward but detailed and clear. I really appreciate this.

[@croft89coffey]

Great video! Sounds simple enough, but it’s very complicated and involves a lot of risk. I’m a few months from going out on my rotations as a perfusion student and I’m super excited.

[@analvarez878]

It’s amazing to see this machine and the people who work it. My grandfather had bypass surgery almost a year ago, if it was not for God and people like you guys... my grandfather would not be alive today. So thank you!

[@marlenejohnston4388]

This is a comment from a viewer who will probably never be a Surgical Tech. I worked in an acute care facility as a medical transcriber for 30 plus years and have been a patient in various operating rooms. I am now learning via the internet many, many things that were difficult to find in other sources while I was young enough and healthy enough to be employed. I am a perpetual student so I am enjoying your videos immensely, thank you and the facility so much. I hope all who on the receiving end justify all the work iinvested, God bless. GG Marlene

[@Alice-bc9zk]

Enjoyed your effects, especially when introducing the oxygenator. It's hard to get much shadow experience because of today's situation. Thank you for this!

[@brandiigiibson]

Thanks so much for making this video. My end goal is perfusion! I've been a peds card nurse for a year and I became obsessed with perfusion early on!

[@helencalnan.30]

What a great job ye do.I had bypass surgery nine years ago. What a responsible job.I got a second chance of life.A great big thank you to my perfusenist for saving my life and my surgeon too.God bless ye.

[@ABIOG15]

The looks so cool. Saving lives as much as the surgeon is doing.

[@cheyennecerney8998]

My mom is a Perfusionist, so cool learning more about what she does! she's tried to explain it more but until this video I've only had a basic understanding

[@pushpanathanl8641]

Perfusionist have stethoscope??

[@foodiethebeauty]

Medical technology is amazing

[@angeltreesatom6354]

Thank u for making the concept simplified 🙏 Very informative.

[@laurag.7521]

Thank you for this! I underwent OHS 9 months ago at Cedars-Sinai for a huge ASD closure. Still in shock that I needed OHS at age 36. You both did an excellent job describing this machine and it helps me to better understand reading my Operative Report.

[@alphaholloway]

Laura G. Wow! I’m amazed. I love hearing successful OHS since my family members haven’t had very successful stories. Another question I wanted to know is how is the staff at cedars- Sinai as my mom will be going there for a surgery in a couple weeks. Just wanted to get a general idea

[@sarcasmhub7263]

hii i had asd too and mine was repaired by device closure but now im about to remove the device because of it gaves me visual disturbance and headache can you explain me about your experience

[@allenlopez5214]

Thank you very much,really helpful for me as a medical student 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@KauaiDee]

I watched this before and after shadowing a perfusionist and it was super helpful! I definitely want to pursue perfusion. Thanks!!

[@melissarainchild]

Super video! I love the series so much as I'm interested to start studies in this direction :)

[@quinlanz92]

My son is 3 and having the Ross procedure in December. When he had open heart surgery at 1 month old I didn't ask all the questions because it all happened so fast and didn't really have time to think. Now I don't have to sound like a freak asking his surgeon these questions!!! Thank you for answering these questions for me :)

[@Tinadelaflorentina]

Thank you so muuuuch, guys!

[@Klyce]

Outstanding video. I like that your introducing us to other people in the OR and what they do. I'm taking clinicals right now the heart hospital and I see perfusionists all the time in CABGs, I didn't quite know much about the machine.

[@janellenelson7361]

I have my perfusion school interviews next week. Very excited! What an interesting part of the operating room

[@TheReadingPuppet]

Good Luck. Besides the Surgeon, I credit the Perfusionist and the rest of the medical team to keeping my mom alive. She had her mitral valve replaced in 2015, and is still alive today. Best Wishes.

[@Steven-fk8tg]

I’m applying right now! Let me know if you get any connections!

[@pi8617]

How’s school so far ??

[@ehsankamrani9279]

What was youre degree ?? You was nurse or physician ???

[@ongflorence2651]

Thank you for this great video 👍 feel so excited after watching those cool machines. 😍 Very interesting and very informative .

[@NOT918AZ]

Great video guys! I'm an applicant right now for the perfusion program at Midwestern in AZ with an interview coming up one week from today. This video, although perhaps geared towards surgical techs, provides some really great insights about perfusionists, the heart-lung machine, and what it all entails. I like this video so much, I'm going to post a link on the Reddit perfusion forum for others to view as well! Thanks again!

[@SurgicalTechTips]

Thanks man! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@dBREZ]

Definitely a room where you don't want to people mad at each other while working.

[@aglifeph.d6870]

I’m 49 years old and scheduled for open heart surgery in 13 days and watched this video because I was kinda freaking out that I was going to have all these big needles in my neck pre opp while I was awake. I had what I’ve described as blood vessel phobia. I think I’m kinda getting over it with everything I’ve had to think about and go through leading up to this moment. I have a bicuspid aortic valve that is severe and I had to stop cycling and motocross and even limit my activities at the farm about three months ago. The good news is I only need the valve replaced and I am a very low risk patient. I feel so grateful for your video that explained how the surgical team is going to take care of me. Thank you for explaining this process so well and providing the service to people like me who without this would likely be dead in a few years. Because of all the people like you I’m going to be able to get back to living and living a very active lifestyle. 👍🏻

[@SurgicalTechTips]

Amazing to hear, and good luck on your recovery friend!

[@duvianrojas6770]

Great content guys.!! Thank you

[@becmoran9119]

Thankyou for the information and thankyou for being you.

[@Winston0Boogie]

Guys! Thank you so much. This helped me so much in understanding how this works. I needed this! Btw I'm jeli over the beard. I always was told I had to shave my beard. Gives me hope lol

[@anitaelghandor5489]

Very informative thank you.

[@restuiman3232]

Thank you for sharing this video!! Love from Indonesia

[@MsPea]

Interesting. I had a CABG x5 a few months ago and didn't have a clue what went on in the surgery. It's creepy to know my heart was stopped, but it's all good cause obviously it started again and here I am. Thanks for posting this.

[@karenkellogg5492]

Thank you. Very informative. I will be having a thoracic ascending aortic aneurysm repair soon. This helps me understand more of what the procedure involves.

[@yakthungsubbba7620]

Great great easy simple explanation

[@cospaws8810]

I actually work somewhere where we build the disposal parts for heart surgery. It’s so interesting to see the stuff I work with daily in the field!

[@hibiscuscoastie3502]

Excellent video guys...Very imformative great work! Having septal myectomy this week...Kia ora from NZ

[@kedmark]

Please include the role and procedures the anesthesiologist uses when the patient is on bypass, and how a patient is removed from bypass, thank you for the great video, regards Karl.

[@JacobW98]

God bless everyone involved in heart surgery!

[@shamecca26]

WOW, I probably shouldnt be watching this being that I'm having heart surgery soon but I cant stop! lol

[@BenjaminKeith]

Scary as hell as a layman. I'm sure you guys are VERY good at your job. Thanks for the video!

[@amandajordan7070]

what a great vid! ty

[@chrisstephens6673]

Brings back memories of sitting watching peristaltic pumps whirring round at Guy's back in the 70's while learning on the job, finished the course but didn't stay. Do the pumps still have built in 8 track players to provide the music, or am showing my age?

[@janettermach6189]

Thank you so much.

[@sultanalmalki2406]

Great video Medical technology is amazing

[@youngrich4871]

I’ve had 3 open heart surgeries before, I was born with 4 holes in my heart. first surgery when I was 9 years old. I was told they took my heart out and had a machine beating for me. I couldn’t believe it 😂😂

[@levibalaban9941]

Bless your heart (no pun intended (sounthern sayin’) )

[@DrBahiruLegesse-SCIsurvivor]

Wow...bless you...such an iron lady..!

[@wilsonri]

Very helpful. In a few days I'll be hooked up to one of these. I hope all goes well.

[@yolandejones6183]

Lovely video I had a open heart surgery it was successful

[@marcospedraza8622]

Genial tu vídeo!!!!

[@carolyncampbell6718]

Thank you for this informative video. My husband is preparing for valve replacement surgery. I’m very afraid. You have helped ease my anxiety.

[@blaisebinu3642]

Super narrative

[@marcospedraza8622]

Muy buenos los vídeos estaría muy bueno que tuvieran subtítulos en español saludos desde Argentina!!

[@ushklavdragonen6009]

Excellent

[@cortezcortez5177]

I'm a surgical tech. and I'm 3 weeks post op cbg x 5. I had to re-fresh on this stuff. Scrubed in once in school but that's been a while.

[@chadbrewer790]

Thank you for this video. I work in IT for our hospital system and we are setting up the perfusion workflow capabilities of our EHR. This really helped me to understand what the overall process is during this procedure. Can you provide additional detail about how the "Prime Solution" is used and How the Cardioplegia solution is delivered to the heart to cause it to stop? Thanks again for a great video!

[@saviourdelvin]

Thank you guys✌️👍👍👍just watched this from Uganda 🇺🇬. Love the explanation though audio isn't good enough but still perfect for explanation.💕💕❤️

[@iandipaola7692]

I want to be a perfussionist. I'm taking physics this fall and applying next year to Upstate. I'm def gonna follow this.

[@joshtexx]

OR BeardGang! Great job on the video 👍👏..

[@WT9999Z]

This is excellent! I am considering a program in Philadelphia and I coming from a computer/data science background. I've wanted to do something like this for a long time and now I can. If anyone has any wisdom to share, I'm open to hearing it.

[@joycejohnson7640]

I am having my second open heart surgery in 4 days to replace a worn out porcine mitral valve that was done in 2004. It is very interesting to see exactly what is going to be happening.

[@blazeandcyrus]

damn bro, one of those is gonna be on me in a few weeks

[@gigiv6426]

This kind of reminds of dialysis. The cannulation of the arterial and venous, connection to the machine. Monitoring b/p, pulse and the solutions used during dialysis. Never knew this existed, very interesting.

[@peacemaker8352]

I had a heart and kidney transplant 13 days ago.The echmo machine caused nerve damage on my left upper thigh,i get episodes of intense fire running up my leg.Thank god for anastesia.

[@mihaelahatch3738]

Russell m Nielsen was one of the pioneers of inventing the heart and lung machine

[@steffietv9238]

but does that machine go BING? seriously though, this is simply amazing. what a career. why do I suck at chemistry??

[@blazeandcyrus]

Awesome!

[@lmfaoanthony11]

what school did the you attend that allowed you the opportunity to get 250 cases? I too think hands on experience is better than doing research and am interested in the school you attended

[@mikeabbott9748]

Had cabg surgery a year ago. And was interested in seeing how the heart lung machine worked.

[@Peytopskiddlybop]

I'm having to get a mitral valve repair next month and seeing this is both scary and interesting.

[@simplyalivevlog6776]

Don't get scary dear Soon iam also having. 🙂

[@Peytopskiddlybop]

@@simplyalivevlog6776 if it helps any. I did indeed have the surgery and everything went extremely well. It was robotic assisted, only spent about 5 days in the hospital.

[@foxysil52]

My youngest brother was a heart patient all his life. He was born with a 50 cent size hole in his heart. Overriding arteries. Considerate a "Blue baby" back in the 60s. Childrens hosp. Performed the "mustard" procedure. He outlived his condition by 15 years. Finally in 2018 at the age of 52, passed away from a simple heart catheter at USC medical center. Left us very distraught. We feel the surgeon wasnt trained enough in his medical history. He flatlined 4 times during his catheter procedure. He felt in his mind, something bad would happen. Well he was right. Gone too soon.

[@WindTurbineSyndrome]

So sad to hear. We all need to trust ourselves if we feel a bad feeling trust it!

[@clydewestmoreland314]

Last March 2022. Had a stress test and went flat line for 30 seconds. Reaction to the medication. Upon return (cpr). Sat up , room full of staff. Was allowed to go home. No hospital stay.

[@pi8617]

How many perfusionist does the Hosptial get ? Been thinking between a PA or Perfusionist.. I live in Dallas Texas I’m sure there’s a market for both

[@yogitapal2543]

Hi Sam!!I have a question..Blood will be regulated by the single peristaltic pump only, or will it be flowing through other pumps too?

[@prithvirajsathyanarayan6067]

Hi, Please let me know if you have made any video on how to scrub heart cases. Thanks

[@lezleefeetsgoddess]

Very interesting. Is the heart lung machine the same a ECMO or are they different somehow? Thanks!

[@MarieSino]

My brother is on a heart lung machine since last week.

[@malikjunaid1449]

Cardiac perfusionist from Khyber medical university Pakistan 🇵🇰🇵🇰I love my profession. Respect and love to my cardiac patients

[@sonyfan5824]

Do they add extra blood to accomodation the volume of blood which is outside the body when the heart bypass machine is in operation, it looks like a significant amount of blood would be inside the heart machine when operating. Interesting videos, much appreciated.

[@Popsunderstands]

Good video/explanation, the one thing I did not appreciate was using the kill me reference.

[@markward2692]

Aloha Guys Great video and info. I am going to have to have OHS soon to replace my mitral valve and I was wondering about how the Heart Lung machine works and how the surgeon stops the heart as well. How do they restart the heart?? How long can a person be safely on a heart lung machine?? Is there a concern for blood clotting with in the machine or while the machine is being used?? How do they bring a person back off the machine? Are the persons lungs also stopped while on the machine?? And when do they switch the patient over to the respiratory?? After the heart is restarted but before the chest is closed up?? I am sorry for all the questions but I am a little anxious about the whole process. Btw who would normally explain the process to the patient before the procedure?? The profusionist or the doctor??? Thank You in advance

[@SashaXXY]

How does the pumping mechanism work? It looks like rollers are squeezing a tube, pushing the fluid inside. If so, it can't be a simple vinyl tube -- that would break very quickly. Is there a special material that the tube is made from? Does this type of tubing have a name? Thank you!

[@15halerobert]

I used or I should was used on me when I was 9 years old and needed open heart surgery way back in 1970. The dark ages.

[@decoratingwithjoshaywoods7580]

Surgical Tech Tips this video is awesome and just what I needed to see!!! I start a new position in CV in a week. The facility is only hearts and vascular surgeries so I'm super excited but nervous because all I know is the anatomy of the heart and I can read telemetry. Do you only do open heart and vascular? Could you please give me some tips on what to prepare for?

[@SurgicalTechTips]

+Joshua Woods I do 95% heart, vascular, and thoracic now. When it comes to these surgeries repetition is where you learn. Write down everything you can remember at the end of a day, and keep notes on the surgeons you will be working with.

[@decoratingwithjoshaywoods7580]

Surgical Tech Tips ohhh wow!!! Thank you so much!!! I'm actually studying the vascular clamps because unfortunately in school we didn't have any in class to look over just pictures. It's little difficult looking at them in a book because they all kind of look alike.

[@22toomany20]

does this go through the right subclavian? trying to figure out what this 4 inch scar I have is from.

[@margootoole1168]

Great Video guys!! You 2 are the type you would go out and grab a 🍺with👍👍

[@majju99]

Very informative video.kindly lower down the background noise if possible

[@anjuk6255]

This thing is cooler than flying cars!

[@briandeluca6908]

How did you live during perfusion school like how did you pay for your expenses and everything I don't want really high student loans

[@reinelalcides7222]

Dear staff I´m cuban and I live here in las vegas, nevada US and I just pass my board on first surgical assistant, I had seen almost all your excellent videos about surgical assistant details, I would like to know if you can do a video about neuronavigator used in neurosurgery because it is my fovorite speciality. You had made an excellent work. Congratulations.

[@persephone2706]

I hope you've continued your career! Can you explain what a neuronavigator is?

[@catelyneddings644]

@Surgical Tech Tips what would you guys do and how would you respond if the power went out when performing this operation? Just curious :)

[@jeffhorn6215]

There are backup generators and all of the vital machines are hooked up to special outlets that are attached to normal power and the generators

[@vivekanandamediboyina7769]

Hey 😌 iam also bcs perfusion technology

[@7ele5crivente]

I've seen it at least 3 times in the or but I couldn't figure out how it works

[@emilym2675]

When the patient is on the bypass machine, will the monitor show asystole or PEA? Thanks!

[@perfcom6430]

it will show a flat line/asystole

[@47of74]

Thanks for the video. With blood loss I have a general question. I remember with my procedure they said it should be less than a teaspoon of blood lost. Is there anything else surgeons do to minimize blood loss during procedures? Or is it just the fact that I had a laparoscopic procedure which is why so little blood was lost? How much blood is typically lost in open heart cases?

[@SurgicalTechTips]

hearts can vary greatly. we could lose as little as 50cc of blood, or as much or more than a liter. Most surgeons go by the motto "dry in dry out" meaning take your time dissecting and cauterizing bleeding vessels. In turn that will minimize blood loss.

[@saikumarmalakotagi9472]

Sir in which port u will add heparin please tell me

[@loktinl]

Is the setup of the tubing all done without gloves? I saw a video of the tubes getting setup and the tech didn't have gloves on. Is it generally accepted that the chance of touching the inside of the tube is so low that the tubing still stays sterile inside?

[@SurgicalTechTips]

They set up there pumps in another room mostly, so I can't say for sure about that.

[@iby988]

Is it a good idea to use an thin needle to inject potassium into the heart to stop it, instead of a big tube

[@irishcreamspringgreen782]

I am sure I was on one of these a young child..as I had open hart done at the age of 16 mons old.

[@sarcasmhub7263]

i think you had a hole in heart

[@DynamicDuo373]

What would be the best bachelors to get before applying for perfusion school? Would it be a biology degree, nursing, does it really not matter? Thanks

[@paultiller6766]

I was a Perfusionist for 32 years.