The Christ Hospital Dietetic Internship

<body> <p align="center"><font face="arial" size="1"><b>A Perfusionist</b> is a medical professional trained in the operation of heart-lung machines to assist open-heart surgical teams divert blood away from the core circulatory organs during the procedure, to be artificially cleansed and oxigenated. The perfusionist must constantly monitor both the heart-lung machine and the patient, and must be competently trained to communicate with the surgeon and anesthesiologist to effectively coordinate the operation. Many hospitals also require the student of perfusion science to support other medical technical specialists in pre-op and post-op procedures dealing with circulation and the blood.</font></p> <strong>[http://www.health-alliance.com/information.nsf/webview/christ+schools+the+school+of+perfusion+science]</strong> </body>