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