anaesthetic technician
Anaesthetic technicians assist specialised doctors in anaesthetics. They prepare operating theatres and other specialised clinics for anaesthetic procedures, prepare the equipment needed for anaesthesia, and assist with inducing and maintaining adequate anaesthesia and post-anaesthesia procedures. They do so under supervision, following the orders of the doctor of medicine.
Also called: surgical technician, surgical interventions anaesthetic technician, technician for anesthetics in surgeries, technician for anaesthetics in surgeries, anesthetic technician
- 37
- essential skills
- 21
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 3259
- ISCO-08 group
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Essential skills
37- administer anaesthetics to patients
- anaesthetics
- assess patients after surgery
- biophysics
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- conduct preoperative investigations
- deal with emergency care situations
- dispose medical waste
- emergency medicine
- emergency surgery
- empathise with the healthcare user
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- ensure the positioning of the patient for surgery
- first aid
- human anatomy
- human physiology
- infection control
- intensive care medicine
- maintain anaesthetic machinery
- manage healthcare users' data
- manage infection control in the facility
- medical informatics
- monitor basic patients signs
- monitor patients during surgery
- monitor stock level
- order supplies for anaesthesia services
- pharmacology
- professional documentation in health care
- resuscitation
- sterilization techniques
- surgery
- surgical asepsis
- tolerate stress
- undertake healthcare examination
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
Optional skills
21- arrange surgery operating site
- assist in epilepsy surgery
- assist with hemostasis
- demonstrate technical skills during neurological surgery
- endoscopy
- instruct on allergic reactions to anaesthetics
- manage acute pain
- manage adverse reactions to anaesthesia
- manage trauma through surgical means
- medical terminology
- perform bronchoscopy
- perform eye surgery
- perform reconstructive microsurgery
- perform vascular surgery therapeutic procedures
- perform venepuncture procedures
- positions for surgical procedures
- radiation protection
- spine surgery
- techniques of blood-sampling
- use foreign languages in patient care
- use venepuncture procedure equipment
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