Program planning tools
Application trackers, prerequisite spreadsheets, deadline planners, and question checklists. These can be your own free downloads before affiliate products.
Use templatesRecommended resources
Useful tools, books, courses, and services — with trust first.
The Pump Room may eventually use affiliate links, but only when a resource is relevant to the audience and clearly labeled. The goal is to help readers, not hide ads inside guidance.
This page is designed as a vetted resource shelf for students researching perfusion, ECMO, cardiac OR support, and cardiac device careers.
Resource shelf
Categories to build first.
Do not add random products. Add resources that solve real reader problems: understanding the field, preparing prerequisites, contacting programs, planning shadowing, and learning the language.
Science review resources
Anatomy, physiology, chemistry, physics, statistics, and microbiology review tools. Only recommend what is useful and disclose links.
BLS/ACLS and approved training
Potentially useful for some readers, but requirements vary. Link to official/recognized providers and avoid pretending every applicant needs the same course.
Textbooks and field reading
A shelf for perfusion, ECMO, anatomy, and cardiac surgery reading. Include short notes on who each resource is for.
Resume and interview tools
Templates, examples, and services. Be careful: do not imply paid tools guarantee admission or employment.
Disclosure language
Use plain words near the link.
Affiliate links are not bad if they are obvious. Hidden affiliate marketing breaks trust. The FTC’s endorsement guidance says disclosures should be clear and conspicuous, so The Pump Room should label affiliate links where readers can see them before clicking.
Vetting checklist
Before adding any paid or affiliate resource.
1. Is it relevant?
Would a serious perfusion/ECMO/cardiac OR applicant actually benefit from this, or is it just a commission?
2. Is it safe to recommend?
Avoid unsupported medical claims, admissions guarantees, exam-pass promises, and anything that creates false confidence.
3. Is it disclosed?
If there is a commission, free product, sponsorship, discount, or paid relationship, label it clearly before the reader clicks.
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Help build the resource shelf.
Readers can suggest books, courses, tools, or free resources. Suggestions do not guarantee inclusion.