Perfusionist

Duties and Responsibilities:

Perfusionists operate circulation equipment for patient’s circulatory or respiratory functions. The go in during heart surgery, or similar surgery’s. Their duties are to know how to handle a heart lung machines. They take care of some types of anesthesia. Also administrate some types of medication.

Salary: $50,000

Education:

They need high school diploma with a background of biology and chemistry to be able to get in a perfusionist training programs. There work preference is given if they have a college science work or experience in respiratory. Their training programs are at academic health centers and medical schools. They usually perform 150 procedures and include 20 pediatric and infant cases.  

Reflection:

I would want to be a perfusionist because they help in the surgery and that’s a cool job to do.