Perfusionist
Duties and
Responsibilities:
They operate
circulation equipment during medical situations when it is needed to temporarily
and artificially replace the patient’s circulatory and respiratory functions. This
happens during heart surgery and similar operations. They also control the
temperature of patients during surgery. Some of their duties include operating
heart lung machines, administering some types of anesthesia, and administering some types of medication.
Average
Salary: $50,000
Education:
Students who
would like to become a perfusionist require a high school diploma with a strong
background in biology and chemistry to be accepted into training programs. Admission
preference is given to those students with college science work or experience in
respiratory therapy and medical terminology. The training programs vary in
length however; the curriculum must include the supervised performance of 150 procedures
and 20 infant and pediatric cases.
I don’t think
I would like to become a perfusionist because
it really don’t interest me and because
I think I rather work in a laboratory.
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