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Anesthesiologist  What They Do

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Just the Facts


Administers anesthetics prior to, during, or after surgery, or other medical procedures.

This career is part of the Health Science cluster Therapeutic Services pathway.


A person in this career:

  • Monitors patient before, during, and after anesthesia and counteract adverse reactions or complications.
  • Records type and amount of anesthesia and patient condition throughout procedure.
  • Provides and maintains life support and airway management and helps prepare patients for emergency surgery.
  • Administers anesthetic or sedation during medical procedures, using local, intravenous, spinal, or caudal methods.
  • Examines patient, obtains medical history, and uses diagnostic tests to determine risk during surgical, obstetrical, and other medical procedures.
  • Positions patient on operating table to maximize patient comfort and surgical accessibility.
  • Coordinates administration of anesthetics with surgeons during operation.
  • Decides when patients have recovered or stabilized enough to be sent to another room or ward or to be sent home following outpatient surgery.
  • Confers with other medical professionals to determine type and method of anesthetic or sedation to render patient insensible to pain.
  • Orders laboratory tests, x-rays, and other diagnostic procedures.

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Working Conditions and Physical Demands

People who do this job report that:

  • You would often handle loads up to 10 lbs., sometimes up to 20 lbs. You might do a lot of walking or standing, or you might sit but use your arms and legs to control machines, equipment or tools.
  • Work in this occupation involves use of protective items such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hearing protection, a hard hat, or personal flotation devices
  • Exposure to pollutants, gases, dust, fumes, odors, poor ventilation, etc.
  • Exposed to disease and infections more than once a month through work such as patient care, laboratory work, and sanitation control
  • Work in this occupation involves using your hands to hold, control, and feel objects more than one-third of the time
  • Exposed to hazardous situations involving possible injury such as cuts, bites, stings, and minor burns more than once a month
  • Work in this occupation requires being inside most of the time
  • Sound and noise levels are loud and distracting
  • Exposed to radiation more than once a month
  • Work in this occupation involves sitting more than one-third of the time
  • Work in this occupation involves use of special protective items such as a breathing apparatus, safety harness, full protection suit, or radiation protection
  • Work in this occupation involves standing more than one-third of the time

Working in this career involves (physical activities):

  • Seeing clearly at a distance
  • Seeing clearly up close
  • Speaking clearly enough to be able to be understood by others
  • Identifying and understanding the speech of another person

Work Hours and Travel

  • Irregular hours
  • Overtime work
  • Weekend work

Specialty and Similar Careers

Careers that are more detailed or close to this career:

  • Obstetrical Anesthesiologist --

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