I would like to know is Cardiac Surgery a Trauma Area, meaning are you in life and death - short time limit surgery or schedule surgery? Is it a good profession and rewarding ???
2007-06-21 11:43:49 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
The answer is... (drum roll please!)... BOTH. It depends upon the circumstances of the operation - is it a ballon angioplasty or is it a bullet wound? For the most part it would probably be scheduled surgery, but as a surgeon you would be "on call" for whatever comes up at least part of the time, IMHO.
2007-06-21 11:48:52 · answer #1 · answered by Paul Hxyz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-17 15:21:11 · answer #2 · answered by Shaun 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A vascular surgeon would operate on veins and arteries. I've actually never heard of vascular surgery as a specialty. A cardiac surgeon operates on the heart. Physicians generally go right from college to medical school. Many of them don't get a Masters degree unless they want to go into medical research. Sometimes doctors go back to school to get a special masters, like a MPH, Masters in Public Health. In order to be a surgeon, you must be an MD or DO. An MS (if you mean Masters in Science) is insufficient for licensure.
2016-05-17 05:46:45 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cardiothoracic surgeons do both acute and scheduled surgeries. the schedule can be long and tiring, but it reimburses well.
2007-06-21 11:47:16 · answer #4 · answered by theinfamouskoolaid 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋