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Perfusionist Course

What will I learn?

Take your cardiology career to the next level with our Perfusionist Training Programme. This course is designed for health professionals who want to become experts in cardiopulmonary bypass. You'll get practical experience with the heart-lung machine, learning how to set it up, use it, and understand its different parts. You'll also learn how to start the bypass, manage problems like air getting into the blood or red blood cells breaking down, and make sure patients recover well after surgery. This training programme will give you the skills you need to improve patient care and do better in your career. Sign up today to become an expert!

Apoia's Unique Offerings

Online courses with lifetime access
Certificate aligned with educational standards
Printable PDF summaries
24/7 online support
Select and organise the chapters you wish to study
Set your own course workload
Instant feedback on practical activities
Study at your convenience, no internet required

Develop your skills

Enhance your practical skills listed below

Become skilled at safely taking patients off the heart-lung machine so they can recover well.

Learn how to effectively manage air getting into the patient's blood during the procedure.

Be able to recognise and deal with common problems that can happen during perfusion.

Learn how to accurately start cardiopulmonary bypass.

Understand all the different parts of the heart-lung machine and what they do.

Suggested summary

Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

Before starting, you can change the chapters and workload.

  • Choose which chapter to start with
  • Add or remove chapters
  • Increase or decrease the course workload

Examples of chapters you can add

You will be able to generate more chapters similar to the examples below

This is a free course aimed at personal and professional development. It is not equivalent to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate course, but provides practical and relevant knowledge for your professional journey.