Provider Education & Training

VAD devices available for a 10 kg patient with acute heart failure would include:

My patient on a Berlin Heart will have a palpable pulse and measurable blood pressure.

If your Berlin Heart is fully charged it will show the following:

What is the longest battery life on a driver (IKUS) when fully charged?

The assessment of the Berlin Heart EXCOR^® should include the following (check all that apply):

The Berlin driver (IKUS) alarms “System Failure” and the membrane stops moving. What do you do?

Patient has full fill, incomplete ejection. What do you do?

Patient has 50% fill, complete ejection. What do you do? Check all that apply

What qualifies as a concerning clot that you should contact the VAD team to discuss anticoagulation management ASAP? Check all that apply

Which Berlin Heart EXCOR^® parameters can you directly change to optimize the pump? Check all that apply:

Poor Fill

What would you do to optimize this pump?

What is the most common cause of incomplete ejection?

What are the possible contributing factors to inadequate Berlin Heart EXCOR^® filling? Check all that apply:

If your patient has a Berlin Heart EXCOR^®, they can get an MRI.