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.
A SCAI answered. A perfusionist is the medical professional who operates the heart-lung bypass machine during bypass surgery. The machine takes over the responsibilities of the heart (to pump blood to the body) and lungs (to exchange carbon dioxide in the blood for oxygen) during the heart surgery.he perfusionist sets up the heart lung machine prior to the case, controls the flow of the blood through the machine during the surgery, monitors the patient during the time on the machine, and assists with lab tests during the surgery. The perfusionist also is in charge of the cell saver.