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Anesthesiologist Assistants

Also called: Anesthesia Assistant, Anesthesia Technician, Anesthesiologist Assistant, Certified Anesthesiologist Assistant

What they do:

Assist anesthesiologists in the administration of anesthesia for surgical and non-surgical procedures. Monitor patient status and provide patient care during surgical treatment.

On the job, you would:
  • Provide airway management interventions including tracheal intubation, fiber optics, or ventilary support.
  • 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.
On the job, you'll need:

Health

  • medicine and dentistry

Arts and Humanities

  • English language

Math and Science

  • chemistry
  • arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics

Business

  • customer service

Basic Skills

  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements

Problem Solving

  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

People and Technology Systems

  • thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one

Verbal

  • listen and understand what people say
  • read and understand what is written

Attention

  • pay attention to something without being distracted
  • do two or more things at the same time

Ideas and Logic

  • notice when problems happen
  • make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information

Visual Understanding

  • quickly compare groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things

Social

People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking.

  • Attention to Detail
  • Stress Tolerance
  • Dependability
  • Integrity
  • Self Control
  • Concern for Others

Medical software

  • Bizmatics PrognoCIS EMR
  • eClinicalWorks EHR software

Presentation software

  • Microsoft PowerPoint

Electronic mail software

  • Email software
  • Microsoft Outlook

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Job Outlook

The job outlook for this position is Bright.

New job opportunities are very likely in the future. This career will grow rapidly in the next few years.

Median Annual Salary: $126,010

Education

Master's degree or high school diploma/GED is usually needed.