TRAUMA SURGERY

ABOUT THE JOB

• Shifts from 12-36 hours
• Demanding
• Benefits from job are great
• Busy workload

WORKDAY

• Take patient from ambulance
• Address and treat injury
• Stabilize patient
• Send up to OR for further surgery

PROGRAM

• U-Pitt, four year premed
• Four years in med school
• Years of residence
• Congrats your a doctor.

OUTLOOK

• Job is up 18%
• Over 140.000 jobs created

SALARY AND ADVANCEMENT

• Average salary 180k per year
• Many different sub-jobs
• Advancement possible

CHALLANGES

• One main challenge
• Couple of branching challenges

SKILLS

• Outgoing
• Out of the box thinker
• Able to handle stress

CONCLUSION

• Without surgeons there is no one to treat the injured