So over the last couple of week one of our surgeons has implanted the Heartware LVAD. It is still under investigation by the FDA, he is also one of the people that helped to design the pump. The last two of them he let me pump them. Usually with an investigational the surgeons only want CCPs pumping but it was a great confidence booster for me that he trusts me with his investigational cases. I think the most important reason why he let me pump them is because of "communication". It is stressed in school so much and now I realize that some surgeons are all about it and others only want to know certain things at certain times. What a great experience.
Washington Hospital Center has been such a great place to learn and the staff has been really nice in helping me along.
