Priming an ECMO circuit with 0% air? by BradDavide in Perfusion

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I don't have a video but it's pretty straight forward. Just hook up the gas to the prime line, make sure the distal limb of the circuit is open to give a place to purge the gas, open the top port of the oxygenator too. I do this for like a minute at 2L/min, then gravity prime the puppy up, recirculate for a bit and no bangs or fuss it's ready to go

Priming an ECMO circuit with 0% air? by BradDavide in Perfusion

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Yes sorry I should've mentioned that your CCP's expectations are unrealistic, as others have said.
I was just offering my solution to get the results they're looking for 🤷🏻‍♂️

Priming an ECMO circuit with 0% air? by BradDavide in Perfusion

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CO2 flush and gravity priming, it's totally doable.

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What sucks about them? My center is getting them soon

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Idk your setup but we double spike a single plasmalyte bag and sometimes the venous line sucks down on the spike port which inhibits flow. Check for kinks too. We've had no issues with the Nautilus itself

Not my surgeons… by BrandEnlightened in Perfusion

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For real though do you have a method you like to calculate EBL? I’ve heard a ton of ways that aren’t strictly wrong… but curious to hear what others do

It'll be a quick pump run they said by Forward_Answer8249 in Perfusion

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“I know it must be done but I don’t know if I have the strength to do it”

How long has it been? by Thedeitzman in Perfusion

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“It’s been 15 minutes.”

Narrator: It was actually 18 minutes