How To Qualify for A Service Dog. For a person to legally qualify to have a service dog, he/she must have a physical impairment (or severe psychiatric impairment) that substantially limits his/her ability to perform at least one major life activity without assistance.
A Perfusion Technologist runs the bypass machine, commonly known as the heart lung machine during open heart surgery.
Perfusionist: This person usually is trained at the masters level to perform this function. Often the perfusionist must maintain full responsibility for metabolic, electrolite balance and anesthesia for the patient during the time of cardiopulmonary bypass.