Free BCEN Certified Flight Registered Nurse (CFRN) Practice Question

A ventricular assist device (VAD) helps pump blood from the ventricles to the rest of the body, often used in patients with severe left ventricular heart failure. It can serve as a bridge to heart transplant or as a long-term solution for patients not eligible for a transplant. An intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) helps decrease the workload on the heart and improve blood flow, but it does not fully assist the ventricles in pumping blood.