Administers anesthetic care for the purpose of facilitating diagnostic, therapeutic and surgical procedures.
Responsibilities
Performs and documents a pre-anesthetic assessment and evaluation of the patient.
Develops and implements an anesthetic plan of care, including monitoring modalities and post-anesthesia follow-up evaluation and care.
Selects, obtains and administers the anesthetic plan of care, including induction, maintenance and emergence phase anesthesia.
Recognizes alterations in physiologic responses to the surgical procedure and/or the anesthetic, takes appropriate action and notifies the responsible physician as indicated.
