Heart Stop Beating - man lives without heart

13 Heart Stop Beating is the story of Billy Cohn & Bud Frazier, two visionary doctors from the Texas Heart Institute, who in March of 2011 successfully replaced a dying man's heart with a 'continuous flow' device they developed, proving that life was possible without a pulse or a heart beat.


This is a great 3 minute long video, all nurses should watch!




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Just picturing when I chart and give report...... The computer will not stop alarming and "203's last vitals were BP 120/78, Resp 16, 02 99%, Temp 98.4, Oh and his HR was 0" will probably get a few double takes . Seriously this is good news for many cardiac patients, they just need a ID braclet so someone doesn't grab the AED

Great, now when will we know when to start CPR? At least we won't have to chart BP, HR, heart sounds, and pulse ox. But how are we going to get ABGs?!

This is news? Heck, my last boss didn't have a heart & he functioned well enough at age 56!Seriously - thanks for sharing. Wish that pump were available out thisaway; heard about a pt (of a friend's wife) that really could've used it.----- Dave

Amazing . . .also interesting how many groundbreaking technologies start with a simple idea from everyday life like a turbine or a garden hose. I remember hearing the guy who came up with the first fix for the Hubbell telescope saying he got the idea while taking a shower using a showerhead that slid up and down on a stable metal rod.

Quote from corsairjust picturing when i chart and give report...... the computer will not stop alarming and "203's last vitals were bp 120/78, resp 16, 02 99%, temp 98.4, oh and his hr was 0" will probably get a few double takes . seriously this is good news for many cardiac patients, they just need a id braclet so someone doesn't grab the aed :d

Technology is amazing!

Wow......I wonder how the guy is now?

Unquestionably, medicine has evolved a great deal. One could go as far back as Hippocrates, he basically came up with theories to describe health and diseases; so that humans could be inspired to cure these diseases. Instead of blaming them completely on the devils and some other intangibles.

Quote from Esme12Wow......I wonder how the guy is now?

I've been looking and couldn't find anything definative thanks!

I've had several pts that have gone from my unit to Barnes (in St. Louis) to get LVADs. Unfortunately, as all their follow up gets done there, I haven't had the chance yet to care for someone with one. Everyone I can recall who got one had a ridiculous low EF and either weren't candidtes for a transplant or didn't have the time left to wait for one. I was reading an article in Prevention magazine where they quoted a cardiologist as saying we're just a small step away from being able to put complete artificial hearts in people. The stats quoted in the article for survival at one year for LVAD was 83%, for transplants 85%. Not sure what the medication regimen post-LVAD is, but I can imagine it might have significantly less side effects than the post-transplant meds.Pretty freaking cool stuff.

Pretty interesting implications for aneurysms, stroke, PVD, COPD and a plethora of other concoms. You could maintain a constant perfusive pressure easily...