Perfusionist

Duties and Responsibilities: A clinical perfusionist knows how to operate circulation equipment during certain medical situations. They must know how to work with lung machines, administrate anesthesia, and give medicine.

Salary: $50,000

Education: A high school diploma or GED and having a strong background in science helps getting into a perfusionist program. However the admissions is usually given to people who have college studies.  The training is hands on and to be noticed the student must the supervised performance of 150 procedures to which 20 are infants.

 

Reflection: This is a career that I will keep in mind because it sounds exciting to me and I think I would actually like doing it.