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Perfusionists Scope of Practice in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

Please tell us about your job duties in the ICU environment as a perfusionist

We are scheduled to present at CREF this fall regarding the "changing role of the perfusionist in ICU".  Please respond to the following questions to help us gather information about your ICU work experiences.
 
The AmSECT Perfusionist Scope of Practice is posted at  https://www.amsect.org/page/scope-of-practice . 
1.Please select the single category that bests describes your present role.
2.Please select the employment situation that best describes you.
3.Please check all of the following statements that apply to you. In addition to your perfusion education and CCP training, ____________.
4.Select all of the following titles that apply to your role in the perfusion service group in your main healthcare facility.
5.Regarding working in the ICU, select the single best statement that describes your job description in the hospital.
6.How has your scope of practice changed in ICU over the last three years and do you have future plans for change?  Please consider the following practice items.  [There are three TIME PERIOD columns to the right of each practice item; BLANKS left will be interpreted as "not applicable"; The third column is your prediction for the next three years ]
Three years before March 2020
In the last year, March 2020 - July 2021
In the three years after July 2021
Transport post-CPB patients to ICU
Perform post-op rounds for CPB patients in ICU
Longterm ECC support in ICU for respiratory failure
Emergency Extracorporeal CPR (ECPR) in ICU
Longterm ECC support in ICU for cardiac failure
Hemofiltration or hemodialysis in ICU
Coagulation / hemostasis monitoring in ICU
Blood gas / chemistry monitoring in ICU
Physiologic / hemodynamic monitoring in ICU
Administer blood products and pharmaceutical agents in ICU
IABP management in ICU
Ventricular assist device management in ICU
Patient blood manage in ICU
Autotransfusion in ICU
Organ procurement in ICU
Plasmapheresis or plasma exchange in ICU
Surgical assistance in ICU
Therapeutic hypothermia in ICU
Education of healthcare providers in ICU
Participate in multidisciplinary simulations in ICU
Administration and management in ICU
Quality control and assurance in ICU
Author, coauthor policies and procedures in ICU
Design, coordinate and implement original investigations in ICU
Acts as a patient advocate supporting patient rights in ICU
7.Which statement best describes the change in your overall ICU work duties over the last three years?
8.While practicing in the ICU, to whom do you report administratively? [ Please check all that apply ]
9.Please list reasons why your ICU scope of practice may have changed over the last three to five years, or you predict it will change going forward.
Thank you very much for your help to prepare a more accurate and interesting CREF presentation!