Key skills include arterial line management, blood product administration, care of ventilated patients, central line care, epicardial pacing wire care, CVVHD/CRRT, Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP), pulmonary artery line/Swan Ganz monitoring, titration of cardiac and vasoactive drips, and ventilator management. The CVICU is a dynamic unit specializing in cardiothoracic surgery, heart and lung transplant, and cardiac medical patients, including CABG, valve repair and replacement, aneurysm repair, LVAD, heart transplant, lung transplant, STEMI, NSTEMI, cardiogenic shock, and arrhythmia management.