PG Diploma in Cardiac Pulmonary Perfusion Technology Admission 2021

• It is a two-year P.G. Diploma in Cardiac Pulmonary Perfusion.
• A Perfusionist is an important team member in the surgical team. They are also known as Clinical Perfusionist or Cardiovascular Perfusionist or Certified Clinical Perfusionist.
• They mainly help the surgeon to operate the machine of heart-lung during cardiac surgery and other surgeries which require cardiopulmonary bypass.
• To monitor the desired levels of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the patient’s body, to control the speed of blood circulation, the patient’s temperature, etc. there is demand for trained or qualified perfusionists.
• This course mainly focuses on developing a strong knowledge base in cardiothoracic anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology, pharmacology, fetal and neonatal cardiac development and perfusion science among the students.
• Under this course, you will study about Human Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Pathology, Microbiology, Applied Pathology, Clinical perfusion technology etc. 
• To pursue this course, you must be graduated with science stream from a recognized university with 50% marks. 
• On the completion of this course, you can opt many career sectors such as teaching, research, hospitals, health care center and lot more. 

How to get into this course

• There are some Colleges/Universities, which conduct entrance test to offer admission into this course. 
• After cracking the entrance exam, you will undergo a personal interview. 
• Some institute also offers direct admission into this course on the basis of your performance in the graduate examination. 

Career prospects

• There is the wide scope of career in health care sector with the increasing growth of multi specialty hospital.
• Being a perfusionist, you can work for perfusion equipment suppliers as sales and marketing executives for perfusion products.
• A person having experience in this field can work in the management field also like managing departments, oversee budgets, etc.
• A perfusionist, with higher education, can look for a career in teaching also.
• One can also engage themselves in research work also.