Tag: The Tips of Spears
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We Are Growing !
Not too bad.. 67 Countries and counting. We are establishing a very good sized readership. The book shall be released this Summer 2025- Thankyou for your encouraging words and support- Frank
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Excerpt- “Let’s go on Sucker Bypass!”
A shower of betadine hits the patient’s chest like a like a firemen’s bucket parade- dousing a fire, surgical drapes are thrown down, lines are passed off and divided, chest or femoral incisions are made, patient is heparinized and when that ACT hits 350 seconds? We are going on bypass Baybee!
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PerfusionART: “PluggedIN”
PerfusionART: “ PluggedIN ” Photographer: Frank Aprile, CCP, BBA, LP Equipment: IPhone 15+ Editing: Photoshop, Correll Paintshop Narrative: A Different Perspective on our Tethers Time & Place: 2024- Somewhere South of Hudson Bay About The Artist: CCP Commentary: All About Life Lines… 🙂
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A Day In The Life… [3]
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Low flows = the potential for stasis of blood flowing through the circuit, which in turn can lead to greater susceptibility for clot formation in the oxygenator or extracorporeal circuit.
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A Day In The Life… [2]
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We found ourselves in the midst of a campaign to get “negative” (in other words- take off more fluid in total, than the 4 liters the patient had received during the initial stages of the ECMO run). And as of tonight, we were starting to win that particular little battle.
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Perfusion Art: A COMET’s Tale
Perfusion Art: “A COMET’s Tale” Photographer: Frank Aprile, CCP, BBA, LP Equipment: IPhone 13+ Editing: Photoshop, Correll Paintshop Narrative: Hostile Environment V Patient Abandonment Time & Place: 2023- Somewhere West of the Nova Scotia Deluge About The Artist: CCP Commentary: Looks Bleak TBH 🙂 ___________________________________
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A Locum’s ScrapBOOK: Changing Faces
First a shout out- to a couple of very special people that helped me when it was clear I was kinda down and out for the count. Bryan and Kristy you know who you are 🙂 Thank YOU! I typically stray away from sharing any aspect of what motivates me- or causes me to totally…
The Tips of Spears... 