The Perfusionist is daily supervised and given routinework assignment and responsibilities by the Director and attending physicians.Routine patient care is under the direction of the Director and the AttendingCardiac Surgeon. Under the order of the Attending physician, the Perfusionistprovides patient care in the form of support services of extracorporealcirculation and/or oxygenation, myocardial and/or organ protection andpreservation, blood component and drug/fluid administration. This includesassembly and operation of the heart-lung machine and extracorporeal circuits,operation of heater, coolers and cardioplegia delivery system, also bloodconcentrators, coagulation monitors, and long -tern assist devices, etc. Thismay include operation of devices such as Heart lung machine, IABP, VAD and ECMO.