Exciting day in the OR

Our Rwandan Perfusionist Emmanuel is making great strides in the OR and pumped both of the cases today. This picture is Emmanuel with myself and Chris Swanton. He has the needed book knowledge and is working on the application. It isn't an easy thing to do as the 3 of us "seasoned" Perfusionists often find ourselves scratching our heads and racking our brains as these patients are far sicker than any we see in the States. And even have some diagnosis's that we don't see such as tricuspid stenosis. Tomorrows case is one of those cases that has had the entire OR team communicating on what is best for the patent and how to best handle his complicated problems. This particular patient is mentioned in an earlier blog and has undergone many tests by several different specialties to tell us hopefully all we need to be able to help him. This is one of the great things about Team Heart, we are truly a team and have excellent team work to do what is best for our patients!
Goodnight for now!
Samantha