Echocardiography for Impella 5.5® with SmartAssist®
Echo Aids Insertion, Positioning, Patient and Pump Management Echocardiography is the only way to vis...
Transferring to a Backup AIC
Quick Skills Video for Using the Automated Impella Controller This quick skills video demonstrates the procedure for t...
Troubleshooting Suction Events
How to Utilize the LV Waveform The left ventricular (LV) waveforms displayed on the Automated...
Impella Weaning and Escalation
Best Practices for Patients Supported with Impella® (Part 6) Dr. Behnam Tehrani highlights key consid...
Impella Groin Management
Best Practices for Patients Supported with Impella® (Part 5) In this video, Dr. Behnam Tehrani discus...
Addressing Impella® Alarms
Best Practices for Patients Supported with Impella® (Part 4) Suction, low pulsatility...
Changing the Purge Fluid Bag
Quick Skills Video for Using the Automated Impella Controller This quick skills video demonstrates the procedure for c...
De-airing the Impella Purge System
Quick Skills Video for Using the Automated Impella Controller This quick skills video demonstrates the procedure for...
Changing the Purge Cassette and Fluid Bag
Quick Skills Video for Using the Automated Impella Controller This quick skills video demonstrates the procedure for c...
Transferring to the Standard Configuration
Quick Skills Video for Using the Automated Impella Controller This quick skills video demonstrates the procedure for t...
Dr. Behnam Tehrani Discusses Hemolysis
Best Practices for Patients Supported with Impella® (Part 3) What is hemolysis? How is Impella design...
Impella Waveforms, Positioning, and Repositioning
Best Practices for Patients Supported with Impella® (Part 2) “Position assessment is very important every day,” Dr....
Overview and Initial Management Tips
Best Practices for Patients Supported with Impella® (Part 1) Behnam N. Tehrani, MD, FSCAI discusses...
SmartAssist FAQs
Answering Questions About LV Metrics Jo Kajewski, an Abiomed advanced Impella® trainer, answers some...
Impella Designed for Blood Compatibility
Troubleshooting Suspected Hemolysis In this educational video, Jessica Page, an advanced Impella trai...
LVEDP and Impella SmartAssist Technology
How is the LV waveform derived and LVEDP measured? Jo Kajewski, an Abiomed advanced Impella trainer,...
Weaning with the SmartAssist Platform
How to Use the SmartAssist Trend Screen This video explains how to use the SmartAssist® trend...
Understanding the SmartAssist AIC
Locating Key Impella Information on the Placement Screen Jason Richard, an Advanced Impella® Trainer...
Abiomed Automated Impella Controller™ (AIC)
Understanding and Navigating the AIC Placement Screen Do you understand all the elements displayed on the Auto...
Impella Patient Care Nursing Video
Assessing and Maintaining the Impella Access Site Jo Kajewski, an Advanced Impella® Trainer, describes how...
Managing Impella® Position
Using Imaging and the AIC for Positioning Jo Kajewski, an Advanced Impella Trainer, uses the Abiomed...
Nursing Video: Calculating Total Heparin Rate
How to Account for Impella Delivered Heparin When supporting a patient with Impella, it is important to account for th...
Impella® Patient Management
Questions to Ask When Caring for an Impella® Patient Jason Richard, an advanced Impella® trainer at Abiomed, reviews q...
How Impella Affects Hemodynamics
Jo Kajewski, Advanced Impella Trainer, gives an in-depth look at how Impella affects a patient's hemodynamics....
Echocardiography for the Impella Heart Pump
Assessing Impella Position with Echo Michael Galvin RDCS, a cardiac sonographer and Abiomed Clinical Support Center Sp...
An Intensivist’s Perspective on Impella Patient Management
Dr. Nate Gilmore discusses his experience as an intensivist supporting patients who arrive in the ICU while on mechanical circu...
