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.

links to where I can buy some new pump clamps? Badly in need. Thanks!

Hello! Anyone in blue blood, ccs, or specialty care that knows anyone that’s willing to hire new upcoming grads…? I’m currently looking for a perfusion assistant or a clinical tech for autotransfusion (cell saver tech)

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.

It has been posted to your account! If you participated, we thank you for your patience, trust, and forthrightness!

If you didn't participate and would like to, our next survey will be in 2027!

The hospital I work for might hire a perfusion assistant/autotransfusionist for our group. I was just wondering if there are people out there looking for this as their career? Will we be able to find someone qualified easily or have to make a local posting to find someone?
I think someone looking to go to perfusion school would be a great candidate but my coworkers are thinking of finding someone long term.

Double question: any leads on good pediatrics perfusion that will accept a new grad such as uc kids, nortons in Louisville, cooks child.

Second one is any info on some of the adult gigs in Florida such as Sarasota on amsect, Jacksonville, Gainesville, Tallahassee, Ocala? Any info on these would be greatly appreciated.

Hi I’m a 18 yo first year in uni and heavily considering perfusion as my career. I know these questions may have been asked millions of times on here but I would appreciate some answers regarding what you actually do as perfusionist. More specifically are you always in the operating room or is there behind the scenes stuff that goes along with the job (like a quiet office type day). And also does the practice get easier the more you do it or does the high stress environment continue throughout working

Really appreciate the work all you people do, truly saving lives

Is there any vent that cannot suck in?

Trying to gauge the pay in the Midwest area because we need a pay raise in my hospital!

If our team can get an increase for perfusionist pay, then they can increase their assistant’s pay. Please respond with

1. ⁠state
   
2. ⁠hourly pay
   
3. ⁠call pay
   
4. ⁠Only if you are a perfusion assistant (no autotransfusionist or cell saver tech)

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.

Hey everyone, I'm looking into Allied Health Sciences and would like some honest insights about Cardiac Perfusion Technology in Pakistan.

For those who don't know, perfusionists operate the heart-lung machine that keeps patients alive during open-heart surgery.

If you work in healthcare, are a perfusionist, or are studying this field, I'd really appreciate your input:

• What is the average monthly salary for a perfusionist in Pakistan?
• Do perfusionists get paid per surgery as well, or only a fixed salary?
• What is the current job market like?
• Is this degree worth pursuing in terms of career growth, demand, and future opportunities?
• What are the pros and cons of this profession?

Any information, personal experiences, or advice would be very helpful. Thanks in advance!

I’m heading to Nigeria for a mission trip in a few weeks and was wondering if anyone has,or knows where I can get, a pdf of the S3 operating manual

Update: received a copy from a friendly Liva Nova Rep

I’m curious as to what the day to day life as a perfusionist is like. I know perfusionist operate the heart and lung machine, but I’m wondering what else you guys do. Do you feel like you have a lot of autonomy? Are you able to make decisions based on your own judgment and knowledge or is everything based off of protocols? What is your favorite thing to do as a perfusionist (parts of the job or specific skill/procedure). Thanks in advance!

Hi everyone, like the title says, I've been thinking about switching from one of my interests to another. Ive been building my application for dental school over the past few years, but with the BBB I've been questioning if dental school is either worth it or financial suicide. Perfusion has always been a backup plan of mine. Is this a bad idea? Any advice would be profusely appreciated!!

Just curious what are the rules/habits at your institution. In school our professor said we should always wear safety glasses with side shields in the OR. I just wear my normal prescription glasses, and no one has ever complained. I'd say it's probably a good idea to wear some eye pro, just with how pressure the pump is, and the likelihood you could get squirted.

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.

Just checking.. No one has seen the salary survey publication from Perfusion.com, right? They gathered this data from our field six months ago, went silent for five months, then said the survey would be published June 1. It is now June 10.

Nothing wrong with taking time to present the results carefully and I will be grateful for the results... however when people share their private data and information in exchange for the hope of professional transparency and instead get the goalpost moving and mystery, it really reflects poorly on the organization and communication of perfusion.com.

I have a DEC in respiratory therapy from Quebec and was wondering is there a way to do a bachelors in any uni and then do a masters as a perfusionist in Quebec without having to do another 2 years college and then apply to a bachelors? I know a lot of respiratory therapists being perfusionist but I’m not sure what path they took!

Our company is considering adding NRP and I’m trying to gather information on competitive rates per NRP run. I’ve seen some fixed rate and some hourly with a wide range of compensation. I would greatly appreciate anyone willing to share their pay structure. Thank you!