Perfusion’s Role in Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic

摘要

When a pathogen infects millions and the demand for patient care surges in a matter of months, resources become stretched, people become scared, and society is shaken. In the face of a microscopic infector of millions, it should be our responsibility, as perfusionists and contributors to patient care, to face the coming challenges with preparedness over panic. Pandemics test the aptitude of medicine and the professionals who comprise it. To meet the demands of the COVID-19 pandemic, it will be to our highest benefit to collaborate with others. To cooperate with our peers is to use an invaluable network of millions of clinicians, each representing a collection of specialists all working toward discovery, progress, and care in remarkable ways. Isolated knowledge alone will not solve this pandemic. On that premise, our most impactful means of responding to the COVID-19 pandemic he within a continued demonstration and advocacy of communication and collaboration within the surgical and medical community.