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name, description
| name | description |
|---|---|
| anaesthetic-technician | Occupational skill for the role 'anaesthetic technician' (also: anesthetic technician, surgical technician, surgical interventions anaesthetic technician, technician for anaesthetics in surgeries, technician for anesthetics in surgeries). Use when the user asks for typical anaesthetic technician work such as: Verify availability of operating room supplies, medications, and gases.; Participate in seminars, workshops, or other professional activities to keep abreast of developments in anesthesiology.; Provide airway management interventions including tracheal intubation, fiber optics, or ventilary support. |
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.
Core workflow
- Verify availability of operating room supplies, medications, and gases.
- Participate in seminars, workshops, or other professional activities to keep abreast of developments in anesthesiology.
- Provide airway management interventions including tracheal intubation, fiber optics, or ventilary support.
- Respond to emergency situations by providing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), basic cardiac life support (BLS), advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), or pediatric advanced life support (PALS).
- Pretest and calibrate anesthesia delivery systems and monitors.
How to use this skill
- Read references/profile.md for the occupation profile and scope.
- Consult references/tasks.md for the full task and activity inventory.
- Check references/skills.md for essential vs. optional competences.
- Check references/tools.md for the software commonly used in this role.
- See references/ai-skills.md — matched external AI agent skills (per-source attribution).
Key competences (essential)
- 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
Hot technologies
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Outlook
- eClinicalWorks EHR software
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/16e65196-3449-4c88-b379-0aa98f43db2b), ONET 30.3 (29-1071.01). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*