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Upon completion of the activities, the perfusionist should have mastered the below stated objectives with 100 percent accuracy:

1. To define the three basic bodily hemostatic mechanisms: vascular response, platelet activity and chemical coagulation

2. To describe platelet functions

3. To describe methods for evaluating platelet hemostatic potential

4. To describe the intrinsic, extrinsic and common coagulation pathways

5. To describe the anticoagulant effects of heparin and coumarin and the actions of protamine

6. To describe fibrinolysis and its sequelae

7. To evaluate the patient's coagulation potential based upon the commonly available lab tests