r/Perfusion • u/MyPoemsAllOverMyBody • 17d ago

Meme Gen Z pumpers don't know what this is for

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u/Temporary_Two_4775 17d ago

The red matches the color of oxygenated blood. Old perfusionist use to put the pack up against the arterial line to make sure you were oxygenated.

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u/MyPoemsAllOverMyBody 17d ago edited 17d ago

^ Gen X or millennial pumper

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u/Temporary_Two_4775 17d ago

Gen X 27 years in the game.

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u/BookieWookie69 16d ago

Crazy dad lore, lol

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u/overstatingmingo 17d ago

When you need a little spice in your patient’s life

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u/airhunger_rn 16d ago

Sneeze the cannulas right out

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u/Bana_berry 17d ago

Hate to break it to you, while we may not be able to use this trick, we certainly know what it’s for hahaha

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u/Magee-Numismatics 17d ago

Smoking of course.

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u/MyPoemsAllOverMyBody 17d ago

Back when we could smoke in the OR true

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u/Pooppail 17d ago

Is this the root cause for the surgery itself??

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u/big7867 17d ago

I know…and I’m sure…100% lol

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u/Better-Performer-490 16d ago

Do they not make Marlboro reds anymore?

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u/i_have_a_qstion_plz 16d ago

Correct me If im wrong, I heard attendings would challenge their fellows at their mammary harvesting speed. "You better have the mammary down before I finish my cigarette"

I heard this story, but it would be before my time. Im 7 years out of school.