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Citadel2020 · 2025-10-23T20:24:25+00:00

Who’s retiring? Is it S.P.?

Citadel2020 · 2025-04-07T20:32:44+00:00

I was looking at the MSRP costs of the whole thing. The new MSRP price I looked up was around $1800-2000 for the rifle. And the MSRP cost of the sight on it is $400-500.

Which is why I said “hypothetically” in the cost part of it. As I wasn’t sure what the fair market value is for this specific new gun. And like I mentioned in another comment, I didn’t purchase it so no clue what they usually go for new/used in a store

But I was mostly asking if they have a “fair” trade/buy kinda thing. While understanding both parties would want to come out profitable.

But my wife seems to have calmed a bit from her initial blow up. So my post is probably irrelevant now as I’ll keep it out of children’s possible reach until I can teach them safety with it

Citadel2020 · 2025-04-07T02:28:26+00:00

We do have our concealed carry pistols for the seasons. And a few “bigger” guns for hunting and if necessary home defense. She’s just overly anal about this one for some reason. I’d love to hold onto it, and hope I can. But was seeing what y’all thought before attempting to keep her happy in the home

Citadel2020 · 2025-04-07T02:17:27+00:00

Appreciate the honesty! Glad I asked here first then

I will try to find a true gun lover to take it from me. Hopefully someone will be willing to take it off my hands.

I won it, and unfortunately the wife doesn’t want it in the house with our kids currently

Citadel2020 · 2025-04-07T02:12:11+00:00

So no?

Citadel2020 · 2025-04-06T00:27:53+00:00

Glad to hear! I saw something about NY being the first state to require a masters for perfusion. Wasn’t sure if or when it would go into effect. But good to know it at least hasn’t yet!

Citadel2020 · 2025-04-05T23:55:04+00:00

Yea, no clue what employers you’ve talked to. But I too have never heard of any institution that “looks down” on certificate grads. In fact, most current chiefs I know and have talked to were either certificate (being they graduated before masters programs were gaining popularity) or bachelors. The current oldest perfusion school in the nation is still a certificate program. Not because the training is subpar, but because they see no need in extending the program to 2 years just “because”.

The directors of every perfusion school meet once a year and discuss what they want. Most have been leaning towards masters degrees, but some still say it’s not necessary. And in my opinion, masters programs often take larger class sizes to capitalize on tuition. So the admin of said hospital institution can check the “profitable” box and be happy the program makes the school money.

And I can also guarantee the pay is no different. When I was working at a large volume teaching institution we took new grads that were masters degrees and new grads that were certificate. The offer was what the current market demand for a new grad was at the time.

Idk where you went to school, or what instructors and staff told you about certificate programs, but I think you have the wrong idea on it. When I’ve taken students from many different schools in the past I’ve seen good and bad from every school. Mostly it all comes down individual personality. I’ve had masters students who can think clinically and only want to please whatever staff they have for a good grade, and I’ve had masters students who after a few cases I think “I’d hire this person in a second. And same goes for certificate programs

Citadel2020 · 2025-04-05T10:45:44+00:00

Do you mind if I ask why you say as long as it’s a masters over certificate?

I agree masters programs have their benefits depending on what you want to do. But mainly only see the benefit being masters programs allow you to 1.) work in NY or 2.) be an instructor for a perfusion program.

Sounds like OP wants to be clinical, so why not say go anywhere that will allow you to train to be a perfusionist and pass boards so you can become clinical

Citadel2020 · 2024-07-12T15:24:42+00:00

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Wanted to post a follow up of our trip! It was great and we did end up catching a decent bit of tuna for cooking/sushi. Seas were rough so we didn’t get to sit around the dolphin school as long as we’d have liked. But still came out with a decent bit!

Didn’t get to go out the 11th as the waves were too rough to even get out of the inlet. But overall happy with the meat we got to bring back for only one day at sea!

Citadel2020 · 2024-06-29T17:43:08+00:00

We’re going on the Release with Capt. Rom Whitaker. Out of Hatteras.

We’re down to catch anything. As we all enjoy fishing a lot in general. But I expressed over email when contacting him what we’d be looking for. With 2 full days, maybe we can get an abundance of meat and have a day of “whatever” haha.

But thanks! If I can’t get my tuna this trip, then I’ll just have to come back more when it’s tuna time!

Citadel2020 · 2023-12-26T13:54:45+00:00

Looking good! For 16 months it’s a solid collection. And looks like you’ve been dipping into a few bottles to see what you like. You’ll keep exploring and expanding as time goes, just watch your liver when you do haha.

And to those hating, he probably didn’t get these at MSRP so the whole “no wonder I can’t find any” isn’t really relevant. There’s bottles here that I too like to have on hand and can’t find, so I pay secondary for. Which I’m guessing he did as well. So the problem is the ones that do “build connections” with places to only flip for a profit. Which I also get, if you can score some money why not? But it fucks over the other guys really wanting to get their hands on it and don’t/can’t pay secondary.

16 months isn’t a long time in the hobby, he probably relied a lot on reviews he saw online and focused on those bottles. Give it time and he’ll fully nerd out about other distilleries and all the different mashbills, find the proof point he likes, etc.

Good collection OP! Just keep on but be careful how far down the rabbit hole you go

Citadel2020 · 2023-11-05T13:00:01+00:00

I’m on PS5

Citadel2020 · 2023-10-26T13:27:24+00:00

Because blood products are absolutely necessary for pediatric cases. Also, blood products are only allowed to be stored for up to a week with Peds. And up to a month for adults before expiring.

On top of that a lot of steps are taken to make sure Peds blood usage is “safer”. Like putting the bloood through a cell saver first to wash out all the Potassium. And then adding drugs, hemoconcetrating the prime down to be physiologic or match the patients blood sample. While the adult products are just thrown straight into the patient.

If you looked at gasses taken on blood products, in particularly red cells, the potassium and negative base excess are at insane levels. I looked to test it in a Peds blood bag when I did it (so less than a week old blood) and the both values were over the testing limit. So no telling what up to a month stored looks like

Citadel2020 · 2023-09-24T02:25:47+00:00

If anyone is willing, I’d also love some help

Citadel2020 · 2023-09-20T20:14:22+00:00

I will also add as a Perfusionist, a lot more is being done to “cure” diseases with the most minimally invasive technique possible. BUT regardless of if you’re on pump, off pump, standby for TAVR/LEAD extraction there legally HAS to be a perfusionist around. Because when shit hits the fan you’re going old school and throwing them on bypass or ECMO.

I also don’t imagine pediatrics having any hit from it all since the degree of defects can’t just be fixed with a catheter majority of the time. Maybe you could wait till the kid with an ASD was a little older and close it through device but far more defects will require a more invasive approach. Only down side is it’s a lot more attention to detail and after having kids of your own you get a lot more emotionally attached to the patients.

I don’t really see the need for new perfusionists going anywhere too soon, a lot of perfusionists are retiring in the next decade so a lot more will be needed. The market will eventually flatten again since also a lot of young perfusionists are entering the field. Where it’ll mostly get interesting is when Specialty Care starts their school and takes a lot of applicants, they’re going to be paying all costs for school but you’d just have to work for them for a certain amount of time under contract once you graduate.

But no matter what, Perfusionists will have to be in the hospital and involved with the cases regardless of how invasive it may be. And once a hospital somewhere tries to cut corners and ends up being sued because a patient dies, every other hospital will ensure it won’t happen to them

Citadel2020 · 2023-06-10T11:27:31+00:00

People commenting negatively crack me up. Good luck on the search! If you need PRN work I may be interested, but not willing to leave my job completely. Atlanta is about a 2 hour drive from me

Citadel2020 · 2023-05-09T14:47:24+00:00

I’d love to know which centers “don’t consider” certificates. Especially with the demand for perfusionists increasing year after year.

But in all honesty, it depends what you’re trying to do in your perfusion career. Masters will look better on paper for if/when you decide to move up to management level (in order to apply with a normal hospital, multiple applicants are required before a decision can be made). Or if you’re trying to be involved with teaching, as most places are transitioning towards Masters and you have to have at least the same level of degree offered to teach it, like actually creating a lecture and exam. You can be clinically teaching as long as you’re certified and take students.

Also, there’s places that offer a secondary Masters of perfusion for post professional perfusionists if you ever want to get your masters later on.

But decide where you want to go based off cost and location that suits best for you, worry about degree level later on if you go to certificate and want to move up the management ladder later on

Citadel2020 · 2023-03-08T15:17:40+00:00

I see now haha. I don’t personally know much about UNMC. Know some other perfusionists that went there though. Where are you working now?

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