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