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Job Description
Assist anesthesiologists in the administration of anesthesia for surgical and non-surgical procedures. Monitor patient status and provide patient care during surgical treatment.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-1071.01
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Anesthesiologist Assistants”.
Also Known As…
- Anesthesiologist Assistants
- Oral Surgery Assistant-Clinical Coordinator
- Oral Surgery Assistant
- Certified Anesthesia Technician and Technologist
- Cardiothoracic Anesthesia Technician
- Anesthesiologists' Assistant
- Anesthesiologist Assistant-Certified
- Anesthesiologist Assistant
- Anesthesia Technician
- Anesthesia Tech
- Operating Room Technician
- Certified Anesthesiologist Assistant
- Anesthesia Assistant
Tasks for “Anesthesia Assistant”
- Administer anesthetic, adjuvant, or accessory drugs under the direction of an anesthesiologist.
- Provide airway management interventions including tracheal intubation, fiber optics, or ventilary support.
- Administer blood, blood products, or supportive fluids.
- Verify availability of operating room supplies, medications, and gases.
- Collect samples or specimens for diagnostic testing.
- Participate in seminars, workshops, or other professional activities to keep abreast of developments in anesthesiology.
- Pretest and calibrate anesthesia delivery systems and monitors.
- Control anesthesia levels during procedures.
- Assist in the application of monitoring techniques such as pulmonary artery catheterization, electroencephalographic spectral analysis, echocardiography, and evoked potentials.
- Collect and document patients' pre-anesthetic health histories.
- Respond to emergency situations by providing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), basic cardiac life support (BLS), advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), or pediatric advanced life support (PALS).
- Assist anesthesiologists in performing anesthetic procedures such as epidural and spinal injections.
- Provide clinical instruction, supervision or training to staff in areas such as anesthesia practices.
- Assist in the provision of advanced life support techniques including those procedures using high frequency ventilation or intra-arterial cardiovascular assistance devices.
- Monitor and document patients' progress during post-anesthesia period.
- Assist anesthesiologists in monitoring of patients including electrocardiogram (EKG), direct arterial pressure, central venous pressure, arterial blood gas, hematocrit, or routine measurement of temperature, respiration, blood pressure and heart rate.
Related Technology & Tools
- Oxygen delivery concentrators
- Capnographs
- Cardiac output monitors
- Synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilators SIMV
- Assist-control ventilation equipment
- Portable ventilation devices
- Echocardiography equipment
- Oxygen tanks
- Electromyographs EMG
- Pressure support ventilation PSV equipment
- Central venous pressure monitoring catheters
- Mechanical stethoscopes
- Intravenous IV infusion pumps
- Digital spirometers
- Sphygmomanometers
- High frequency ventilation devices
- Peripheral nerve stimulators
- Intracranial pressure ICP monitors
- Laryngoscopes
- Electrocardiography EKG machines
- Coagulation monitors
- Pulse oximeters
- Gas anesthesia machines
- Invasive blood pressure analysis equipment
- Continuous positive airway pressure CPAP equipment
- Intravenous IV catheters
- Oxygen delivery masks
- Automatic blood pressure cuffs
- Automated external defibrillators AED
- Peak flow meters
- Vital signs monitors
- Anesthesia breathing bags
- Ultrasound imaging scanners
- Oxygen saturation monitors
- Anesthesia vaporizers
- Arterial line catheters
- Endotracheal tubing
- Bilevel positive airway pressure BPAP equipment
- Nasal airways
- Non-rebreather masks
- Double lumen tubes
- Volume limited infant ventilation devices
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