Perfusionist  

Duties and responsibilities: clinical perfussionists operate circulation equipment during medical situations when it is necessary to temporarily and artificially replace the patients circulatory or respiratory functions. This occurs during heart surgery and similar operations. Perfusionists also control the temperature of patients during surgery. Their duties include:

ü Operating heart-lung machines

ü Administrating some type of anesthesia

ü Administrating some type of medication

Average salary : $50,000

Educational requirements: high school student should have a high school diploma with a strong background and biology and chemistry is required to be accepted in perfusionists training programs. Admissions preference is given to students with a college science work or experience in respiratory therapy and medical terminology.

Perfusionist training programs are given at academic health centers and medical schools and universities. They emphasize hands-on, practical training. Course length varies, but for the school to be recognized by the American academy of cardiac perfusionists, the curriculum must include the supervised performance of 150 procedures to include 20 pediatric and infant cases.

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I would like to be this because it seems very interesting and i can learn new things,  but it will be hard to get into it. im going to need a high school diploma in order to be a perfusionist.