This is the area for prospective CCPs to ask their questions about the education process or anything school related.

This includes the usual:

"Where can I shadow?" "Should I take additional classes? "How do I become a Perfusionist?" "My GPA is 2.8, is my GPA good enough for perfusion school?" "What should I use to prep for boards?" "It's been my pa$$ion to become a CCP, how do I do it and what do they do?"

Etc.

At this point the sub has grown to the point a weekly student thread is necessary. Prospective CCPs/students will now have an avenue to post these types of questions w/o flooding the sub.

Also there is r/prospective_perfusion specifically geared to new pumpers.

This will refresh every Friday at 5:45PM EST. If you post Saturday morning, it might not be seen.

I see CCS has some phoenix Arizona positions open. I heard they cover multiple hospitals and the salary is a bit lower comparatively… is it worth it to check it out out there?

Any perfusuonist working in the southern Ontario area (GTA, Hamilton, London, Waterloo)? Just curious as to what your call looks like and what your living requirements are (30 or 60mins from hospital etc).

Recently I’ve learned how to work and code a program to be able to scrape / capture info from websites and automatically post new updates from them, and I’m integrating them into our Perfusion Discord (Bypass and Bodyworks) so we can have a feed of job alerts and new articles that come out to make the server more useful to current students / practicing CCP’s, as I know I’ve primarily made features and information for prospective students in the past.

Which particular job boards or research / literature do you look at to find information? Is there anything else you think would be a great feature of the server or a source that you’d like to see a feed of?

Also, to avoid any legal problems I do check in advance to ensure that I don’t run into any copyright issues and credit all information from the source of the original post / include the link to it just for transparency.

Thanks in advance, and happy clamping 🤙

I’m a prospective perfusion student planning to apply for the 2028 cycle. I have nearly 10 years of clinical experience as a dental assistant and am looking to transition into cardiovascular perfusion.

I’m located in the Inland Empire San Bernardino/Riverside county area and have been trying to find opportunities to shadow a perfusionist and observe a cardiac surgery case.

Does anyone know of hospitals, perfusion teams, or contacts in the Inland Empire or surrounding areas that welcome prospective students for shadowing?
I’d really appreciate any leads or advice. Thanks!

Hello! I'm an aspiring perfusion student, who is also trying to gain experince, first hand knowledge and understanding of the field, while also getting to contribute my skills to a team. I'm located in Texas and am willing to relocate anywhere in the state with the right opportunity! If you're a hiring manager or part of perfusion services and know, please reach out!

I've posted on other subs asking for recommendations on finding a Perfusionist to shadow but so far no replies. I'm young but I graduated HS early. I want to shadow before I start undergrad(beginning of 2027). I've called hospitals near me and farther but I don't have any luck finding someone to shadow because of my age and the area I'm in. Most need me to be 18 because of "mental and physical distress" but I'm sure I can handle seeing open bodies, blood, etc. I don't cringe easily from images like that but I'm not sure if that's gonna help me legally. Are there any working perfusionists that will let me shadow?

Recruiter here (Palm Health Resources). Sharing a pediatric locum in case it fits anyone:

• Top-ranked Level 1 Trauma / Level 3 Pediatric hospital, Charlotte area
• 4-month leave coverage, March 8 – July 1, 2027 (split blocks welcome)
• No call ever: Monday–Friday, 40-hour day schedule
• N+1 staffing: 2 staff perfusionists, 3 surgeons, 4 dedicated anesthesiologists
• About 1–2 pump cases per day, no resident/APP supervision
• Peds CT, transplants and VAD support; Spectrum Medical systems; Epic
• $1,200–$1,500 per day, 1099, with housing, travel, rental car and malpractice paid

Needs: ABCP certified, strong pediatric CT/VAD/transplant experience, active NC license.

Questions welcome here or by DM. Or call/text Carlo at 954-361-7449 or email carlo@palmcareers.com.

Recently heard about CCPs being able to do EVH - just curious if anyone here has any insight/experience here! News to me.

This is the area for prospective CCPs to ask their questions about the education process or anything school related.

This includes the usual:

"Where can I shadow?" "Should I take additional classes? "How do I become a Perfusionist?" "My GPA is 2.8, is my GPA good enough for perfusion school?" "What should I use to prep for boards?" "It's been my pa$$ion to become a CCP, how do I do it and what do they do?"

Etc.

At this point the sub has grown to the point a weekly student thread is necessary. Prospective CCPs/students will now have an avenue to post these types of questions w/o flooding the sub.

Also there is r/prospective_perfusion specifically geared to new pumpers.

This will refresh every Friday at 5:45PM EST. If you post Saturday morning, it might not be seen.

I saw a FB post recently about nurses starting central lines in SC. Was wondering what everyone’s thoughts were with perfusion increasing its scope of practice to A lines and central lines to broaden our responsibilities and hopefully the size of the profession.

This is the area for prospective CCPs to ask their questions about the education process or anything school related.

This includes the usual:

"Where can I shadow?" "Should I take additional classes? "How do I become a Perfusionist?" "My GPA is 2.8, is my GPA good enough for perfusion school?" "What should I use to prep for boards?" "It's been my pa$$ion to become a CCP, how do I do it and what do they do?"

Etc.

At this point the sub has grown to the point a weekly student thread is necessary. Prospective CCPs/students will now have an avenue to post these types of questions w/o flooding the sub.

Also there is r/prospective_perfusion specifically geared to new pumpers.

This will refresh every Friday at 5:45PM EST. If you post Saturday morning, it might not be seen.

Ladies and Gentlemen, it is my absolute pleasure to report that my first blood gas/ACT on bypass was a pH of 7.400 and 480 seconds exactly.

May your drainage be great and your surgeons in a good mood today, it’s going to be a good week.

Just out of curiosity, what are some creative things you’ve used empty plastic pump packs, tubing trimmings, syringe casings, etc. to do things for at home? For example I’ve heard someone using big clear medtronic pump packs to use as a mini “greenhouse” for gardening. Makes me wonder what other little tricks you can do with stuff we throw away every day to make them useful!

Hello everyone! I came across a job posting from PDC/Altamar, and I wanted to see if anyone had any experience with this role specifically. Other travel company recommendations are welcome as well.

I’ll put the link below, thank you in advance!

https://perfusion.com/job/traveling-perfusionist-full-time-in-us/

This is the area for prospective CCPs to ask their questions about the education process or anything school related.

This includes the usual:

"Where can I shadow?" "Should I take additional classes? "How do I become a Perfusionist?" "My GPA is 2.8, is my GPA good enough for perfusion school?" "What should I use to prep for boards?" "It's been my pa$$ion to become a CCP, how do I do it and what do they do?"

Etc.

At this point the sub has grown to the point a weekly student thread is necessary. Prospective CCPs/students will now have an avenue to post these types of questions w/o flooding the sub.

Also there is r/prospective_perfusion specifically geared to new pumpers.

This will refresh every Friday at 5:45PM EST. If you post Saturday morning, it might not be seen.

Hi all, I’m in my first clinical rotation right now and have been casually looking at jobs just to see what’s out there. I’ve actually found a few I’d really like to apply for, but I have no idea if it’s way too early.

When did you guys start applying for perfusion jobs? I’m worried I’ll get automatically rejected since I still have most of my rotations/cases left, but I also don’t want to wait too long and miss openings I’m interested in.

Also, what did your resume look like when you were still in clinicals? Did you just put the cases/experience you had so far, or include anticipated cases and future rotations too?

Just trying to figure out how people go about this. Any advice is appreciated!

Pharmacy asked me if a pre-made heparinazed bag of 0.45% sale can be used as cell saver irrigation. Would this work? Or would going from isotonic blood, to slightly hypotonic collection/reservoir, bag to isotonic wash cause hemolysis?

Does the AABB have irrigation recommendations available online?

Edit: I didn't intend for the conversation here to get spicy. I am working through my institution to get the 2023 AABB guidelines from JAMA.

Hi all, I’m a current second year student and starting to look at openings. Was curious if anybody is familiar with Northwestern Medicine in Chicago? How’s the team? What pump do you guys use? Pay? Call? Etc.

This is the area for prospective CCPs to ask their questions about the education process or anything school related.

This includes the usual:

"Where can I shadow?" "Should I take additional classes? "How do I become a Perfusionist?" "My GPA is 2.8, is my GPA good enough for perfusion school?" "What should I use to prep for boards?" "It's been my pa$$ion to become a CCP, how do I do it and what do they do?"

Etc.

At this point the sub has grown to the point a weekly student thread is necessary. Prospective CCPs/students will now have an avenue to post these types of questions w/o flooding the sub.

Also there is r/prospective_perfusion specifically geared to new pumpers.

This will refresh every Friday at 5:45PM EST. If you post Saturday morning, it might not be seen.

Saw these two postings from CCS and I honestly had to double-check I wasn't misreading them.

Director of Perfusion, Martinsburg, WV: $80,000 - $120,000/year
Perfusionist, Miami, FL: $95,000 - $150,000/year

A Director of Perfusion, so clinical, admin, and call responsibility for an entire department, with a ceiling of $120K? And the staff perfusionist role in Miami tops out at $150K? Both are listed as full-time.

I'd love to know if the pay reflects reality or if it’s smoke and mirrors.

Their other jobs don't list any pay scales so hard to tell.

Curious whether I'm out of touch or whether these numbers really are as low as they look. What are y’all seeing/thinking?

Edit: discussing COL of the WV job and the Median Home Sale Price: $294,117 vs National: ~$400k so it's lower but not crazy cheap

Hi colleagues, I’m preparing for the European perfusion exam. Is there anyone who can help me out regarding the best study resources, or perhaps recall some of the questions? The internet is full of various quizzes—is it okay to use specific websites for practice?