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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 Tech
- Anesthesia Assistant
- Operating Room Technician
- Certified Anesthesiologist Assistant
- Anesthesia Technician
Tasks for “Anesthesia Technician”
- Monitor and document patients' progress during post-anesthesia period.
- Provide clinical instruction, supervision or training to staff in areas such as anesthesia practices.
- Participate in seminars, workshops, or other professional activities to keep abreast of developments in anesthesiology.
- Assist anesthesiologists in performing anesthetic procedures such as epidural and spinal injections.
- 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).
- Verify availability of operating room supplies, medications, and gases.
- Assist in the provision of advanced life support techniques including those procedures using high frequency ventilation or intra-arterial cardiovascular assistance devices.
- Provide airway management interventions including tracheal intubation, fiber optics, or ventilary support.
- Control anesthesia levels during procedures.
- Administer blood, blood products, or supportive fluids.
- Pretest and calibrate anesthesia delivery systems and monitors.
- Assist in the application of monitoring techniques such as pulmonary artery catheterization, electroencephalographic spectral analysis, echocardiography, and evoked potentials.
- Collect samples or specimens for diagnostic testing.
- Administer anesthetic, adjuvant, or accessory drugs under the direction of an anesthesiologist.
- 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
- Peak flow meters
- Arterial line catheters
- Invasive blood pressure analysis equipment
- Vital signs monitors
- Peripheral nerve stimulators
- Oxygen delivery concentrators
- Automated external defibrillators AED
- Sphygmomanometers
- Central venous pressure monitoring catheters
- Non-rebreather masks
- Electromyographs EMG
- Cardiac output monitors
- Bilevel positive airway pressure BPAP equipment
- Electrocardiography EKG machines
- Nasal airways
- Synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilators SIMV
- High frequency ventilation devices
- Oxygen tanks
- Mechanical stethoscopes
- Capnographs
- Double lumen tubes
- Oxygen delivery masks
- Assist-control ventilation equipment
- Endotracheal tubing
- Intracranial pressure ICP monitors
- Anesthesia breathing bags
- Digital spirometers
- Intravenous IV infusion pumps
- Oxygen saturation monitors
- Pulse oximeters
- Gas anesthesia machines
- Intravenous IV catheters
- Automatic blood pressure cuffs
- Pressure support ventilation PSV equipment
- Laryngoscopes
- Echocardiography equipment
- Ultrasound imaging scanners
- Anesthesia vaporizers
- Volume limited infant ventilation devices
- Portable ventilation devices
- Coagulation monitors
- Continuous positive airway pressure CPAP equipment
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