General Summary Responsible for monitoring patient comfort before, during, and after surgical or medical procedures through the administration of anesthesia and other medications. Administers anesthetics during surgery and adjusts them as needed. Monitor patients' vital signs.
Duties and Responsibilities Essential Functions: - Uses intravenous, local, caudal or spinal methods to administer sedation or pain medications during surgical and other medical procedures.
- Supervises patients and monitors their pain medications before, during and after surgery. Offsets adverse complications or reactions. Records amount and type of anesthesia as well as the patients? conditions throughout procedures.
- Determines risk during medical procedures by taking medical histories, examining patients and ordering diagnostic procedures like x-rays and laboratory tests. Discusses the method and type of anesthetic to make patients numb to pain with...