In addition to providing anaesthesia to those in need, anaesthetists key responsibilities also include:. getting a patient ready for surgery and looking after them afterwards. resuscitation and stabilisation of patients in the emergency department. pain relief in labour and obstetric anaesthesia. intensive care medicine. pain medicine. transport of acutely ill and injured patients.
pre-hospital emergency care.Anaesthetists often occupy key management roles by working as a clinical or medical director. They often lead the clinical management of intensive care units alongside other specialties and work closely with emergency physicians to treat emergency patients. They provide care for patients in chronic pain clinics, provide anaesthesia in psychiatric units for patients receiving electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), as well as the provision of sedation and anaesthesia for patients undergoing interventional radiology and radiotherapy.
Drugs in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Drugs in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 4th Edn. Scarth and M. Sasada (editors). Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. 390; indexed.