Occupation information for Anesthesiologists District Of Columbia

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Typical education needed for entry: Doctoral or professional degree

Typical work experience needed for a job in this occupation: No work experience

Typical on-the-job training once you have a job in this occupation: Internship/residency

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• Monitor patient before, during, and after anesthesia and counteract adverse reactions or complications.
• Provide and maintain life support and airway management and help prepare patients for emergency surgery.
• Record type and amount of anesthesia and patient condition throughout procedure.
• Administer anesthetic or sedation during medical procedures, using local, intravenous, spinal, or caudal methods.
• Examine patient, obtain medical history, and use diagnostic tests to determine risk during surgical, obstetrical, and other medical procedures.
• Position patient on operating table to maximize patient comfort and surgical accessibility.
• Coordinate administration of anesthetics with surgeons during operation.
• Decide when patients have recovered or stabilized enough to be sent to another room or ward or to be sent home following outpatient surgery.
• Confer with other medical professionals to determine type and method of anesthetic or sedation to render patient insensible to pain.
• Order laboratory tests, x-rays, and other diagnostic procedures.

Tools:

• Anesthesia inhalers or inhaler units
• Arterial line catheters
• Cardiac output CO monitoring units
• Electronic stethoscopes
• Gas anesthesia apparatus or machines

Technology:

• Accounting software
• Calendar and scheduling software
• Data base user interface and query software
• Electronic mail software
• Medical software

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