Pt.Was in the or.Pump head malfunctioned, placed on cardiopulm bypass.Unable to hand crank, emergently changed in 3mins.Perfusionist notified surgeon that the pump had suddenly stopped and attempts to hand crank the pump were not possible.The patient was bleeding into the pump and there was no way to pump blood back into the patient.The perfusion team immediately responded and within 3 minutes we were back on bypass after changing the pump head.Pt.Extubated prior to malfunction needed reintubation.Pt stable and back to baseline.
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