Frank Aprile, Author at Perfusion.com

Editor’s Note: Two cases canceled today because our ICU’s are filled to capacity and overflowing. Last night another VV Covid ECMO– so patients are now being paired up in rooms in order to reduce the possibility of cross contamination from patient to staff to other staff to other patients to visitors and so on and…

Editor’s Note: “It’s uniquely exhilarating doing something so few can do. That pretty much describes my life as a perfusionist, putting people on cardiopulmonary bypass for open-heart surgery. I think we are reminded of our human fallibility (the potential to err is in all of us) each day we put someone on a heart-lung machine…

Editor’s Note: In this frenetic clinical environment we now live in- we are challenged by uncertain circumstances- with little to no virtual experience from which to draw upon. All of us are at some point close to- if not in direct contact with a COVID-19 positive patient. I’m sure we have all game played exposure…

Editor’s Note: Because of where we are, where we work, and what we do, most working perfusionists right now will encounter a moment where you have to reconcile that what you are doing may constitute a significant health risk to us, and God forbid- our families. This isn’t all about altruism and a call-of-duty, sometimes…

Editor’s Note: I’m not used to turning on the TV and watching a news report discuss anything at all related to perfusion. But these are the beginnings of NEW TIMES- where we all confront the hellish reality of a paradigm shift in our culture as a new and budding clarity settles in and we have…

Editor’s Note: As a new and growing perfusion team, (when I say new I mean new to this particular program) we are slowly growing together, our diversity is culturally mixed (Indian, Middle Eastern, Chinese, Caucasian) and significantly as well- in terms of experience, age, and practice expertise. – This is not only a level I…

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Perfusion Art: “Where Only Falcon’s DARE…” Photographer: Unknown Equipment: IPhone Something? Editing: Just a tiny bit of Photoshop Narrative: That’s ALOT of MUTUAL TRUST going on there 🙂 Time & Place: 2020: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia About The Artist: The best of the best is all I can say 🙂 Commentary: I rarely put…

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Editor’ Note: It’s a late Friday night and I’m listening to my dogs bark outside at God knows what – just because we live on a house on a hill, somewhere deep in northern Michigan. I’m sure the barking is due to critters roaming our woods, and its something I usually don’t get to experience…

Editor’s Note: Well it has been about five weeks now since I pumped my last case down somewhere in Kentucky. One of the things that you have to consider where your locum’s perfusionist is that when companies are forced to downsize due to staffing issues or reductions, chances are your contracts won’t hold up…

Editor’s Note: A very Happy Perfusionist’s week to all my dear colleagues – you are the backbone of any open heart surgery centre . We owe you big time guys (and ladies) . Whenever I have needed a strong scientific mind and able skilled hands to help me in a case – you have been…

Editor’s Note: Fighting Back! Perfusion.com has joined with representatives from AmSECT, the American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion, the American Academy of Cardiovascular Perfusion, Australian and New Zealand College of Perfusionists, Comprehensive Care Services, the Michigan Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons, and SpecialtyCare to form the Joint Perfusion COVID-19 Task Force to monitor the recent…

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Editor’s Note: Not sure I need to justify the relationship of this post to our Perfusion community- but I suppose the impact of Covid 19 becomes more evident as we deal with the uncertainty of exposure and subsequent isolation, and quarantine AWAY from our families as we dive into an oncoming wave of possible ECMO…

Editor’s Note: These days when someone sneezes or coughs- EVERYBODY turns and looks. Herd mentality for sure. The main symptoms of COVID-19 Include a cough, shortness of breath and a fever. Additionally, you might have digestive problems ― like nausea or diarrhea ― a headache and a sore throat. At the onset of the illness,…

Perfusion Art: “This Is Our Life NOW…” Photographer: Frank Aprile, CCP Equipment: iphone 8 plus Editing: None Narrative: Time & Place: 2020: Daniel Boone Country- Ohio River About The Artist: Perfusionist Commentary: Putting another Mask to bed for the night with his new Brother- after a late emergency heart. TWINNING!

Editor’s Note: The mask I am wearing is one of four cloth masks that were custom made for me by Caitlyn Bondank, owner of a custom sewing business called SewingSolutions.ME. Email: Orderdanks@gmail.com Click on Image Above to view Website – I had approached her about making and designing these masks in lieu of our…

Editor’s Note: I have put people on bypass at 54 hospitals. I have worked as a surgical first assistant in another 10 hospitals – and in the operating room theater of at least five military hospitals. I won’t even begin to try to count the days, hours, or the number of operations that this implies,…

Editor’s Note: Well, it’s the weekend- and we are all a bit dazed. Hospitals cancelling all elective cases, a shortage of surgical masks and personal protective equipment, social distancing, closed restaurants, rampant misinformation, social paranoia, and a lot of ostriches. Endless absolutely worthless national press conferences with noone giving out any tangible hard facts- a…

Editor’s Note: Due Diligence: Plz Visit CoronaVirus.Gov– Just want to get it out there- God Bless Frank Click Image Above to View CoronaVirus.Gov

Editor’s Note: Say HELLO to Angelica. She stands tall and should make us all proud. More about that later… This is week two of the coronavirus wave, and I have to admit that last week was like getting a bucket of cold water splashed in your face to wake you up from your sleep. Not…

Editor’s Note: Say HELLO to Jaime & Jesus. They work at Los Bravos Mexican Restaurant. They came to America- found opportunity- and cook great food. Now they repay us- and they are giving us our opportunity to at least get take out food, and they are very brave and exemplary in doing it. Jesus- on…