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		usrusr 77 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Code like a surgeon How is "the patient is put on a heart and lung machine" not the field of anaesthesia? That's exactly what it is.

johncolanduoni 76 days ago [–]

That's a different specialty - perfusionist. Most surgeries with general anesthesia don't require a heart and lung machine and anesthesiologists aren't trained to operate one.

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