tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54652710139800479652011-08-30T06:55:26.485-07:00As The Pump TurnsHemodialysis is a medical breakthrough that began decades ago and continues day-by-day to keep people alive. Patients with End Stage Renal Disease have their blood cleansed of deadly toxins every other day during a 3 to 4 hour treatment with the help of dedicated medical staff. This site is open to all people in the dialysis community.
Everybody has a tale to tell. What's your story?Hands of a Sainthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12551524190458558406noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465271013980047965.post-29911956568410390012010-12-02T21:45:00.000-08:002010-12-02T21:45:20.325-08:00We all learn from someone else and each other.I am not a know it all. I do know some things, but there are a lot of other things I don't know - and need someone else to help me. I am a Certified Patient Care Technician - over 14 years experience and the years were not consecutive. I got my first job in Rockford, Illinois at Rock ford Memorial Hospital in 1976. The dialysis machine was a Travenol that supported a coil dialyser which was placed in the top mounted stainless-steel basin. We also used a COBE machine, I think, which used a plate dialyser. I've always found dialysis fascinating. I've worked for Southern DialysisCenters and Biomedical Applications Both in Anniston AL, Today, in 2010, I'm working for DaVita.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5465271013980047965-2991195656841039001?l=asthepumpturns.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Hands of a Sainthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12551524190458558406noreply@blogger.com0