Critical Care Physician

The critical care physician provides lifesaving treatment to Air Force patients. As a critical care physician, you will examine, diagnose and treat, by surgical and nonsurgical means, diseases and injuries typical for critical care units while also managing critical care activities. You may provide care in a ground facility or during flight as the leader of a Critical Care Air Transport Team. Your responsibilities will include preparing and reviewing case histories and obtaining data through interviews, test results and examination findings to prescribe treatment in coordination with other specialists from a variety of federal organizations. You will treat patients suffering from surgical shock, postoperative hemorrhages, respiratory failure and other complications. Complex trauma, exotic, and medically challenging diagnoses are not uncommon. PAY CHART

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