Anesthesiologist assistants

Anesthesiologist assistants provide anesthesia care under the direction of an anesthesiologist. These professionals have specialized master s degree training and require licensing, certification, or physician delegation, depending on where they work. 

Anesthesia technicians are biomedical personnel who assist anesthesiologists, nurse anesthetists, and anesthesiologist assistants in the operating room with monitoring equipment, supplies, and patient care procedures. 

An anesthesiology physician assistant (a person trained in a medical school at the masters level to administer anesthesia as a member of the care team led by an anesthesiologist)... 

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine, and Attending Anesthesiologist, West Haven VA Medical Center, New Haven, CT,... 

Livraghi et al. (1999) compared the effectiveness of RF ablation with that of PBI in the treatment of small HCC in 86 patients. Complete necrosis was achieved in 47 of 52 tumors with RF ablation (90%) and in 48 of 60 tumors with PBI (80%). One hour before RF ablation the patients received an orally administered sedative and an intravenously administered analgesic and were monitored continuously before, during, and after the procedure. Most patients experienced moderate pain, but occasionally the treatment had to be interrupted due to severe pain an anesthesiologist administered propofol and performed assisted ventilation for the duration of the procedure (Livraghi et al. 1999). 

Introduce your OR team by name and explain the role of each one, for example I am Dr. Steve Miller, I will be the operating surgeon and Dr. Mary Powel, will assist me. She is a 3-year trainee. Our anesthesiologist is Dr. Stein. Our OR nurses are Mary and Judy both well known to all of us. 

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