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Anesthesiologist Assistants

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work_healthcare_practitioners/anesthesiologist_assistants

Type

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Children

16

Child Nodes (16)

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Provide airway management interventions including tracheal intubation, fiber optics, or ventilary support.

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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).

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Verify availability of operating room supplies, medications, and gases.

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Pretest and calibrate anesthesia delivery systems and monitors.

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Participate in seminars, workshops, or other professional activities to keep abreast of developments in anesthesiology.

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Control anesthesia levels during procedures.

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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 or heart rate.

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Administer blood, blood products, or supportive fluids.

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Collect and document patients' pre-anesthetic health histories.

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Assist in the provision of advanced life support techniques including those procedures using high frequency ventilation or intra-arterial cardiovascular assistance devices.

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Monitor and document patients' progress during post-anesthesia period.

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Administer anesthetic, adjuvant, or accessory drugs under the direction of an anesthesiologist.

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Assist anesthesiologists in performing anesthetic procedures, such as epidural or spinal injections.

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Provide clinical instruction, supervision or training to staff in areas such as anesthesia practices.

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Assist in the application of monitoring techniques, such as pulmonary artery catheterization, electroencephalographic spectral analysis, echocardiography, or evoked potentials.

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Collect samples or specimens for diagnostic testing.