Anesthesia Technician
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About the Role
Prepare patients for anesthesia, assist anesthesiologists, maintain equipment, and ensure safety while supporting surgical procedures and patient monitoring.
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Responsibilities
- Prepare patients and assist during induction, maintenance, and recovery from anesthesia
- Set up and check anesthesia equipment including suctioning, endotracheal tubes, and gas cylinders
- Perform first level maintenance and cleaning of anesthesia equipment
- Assist anesthetists with starting IV infusions
- Dispose of spent CO2 absorbent and handle volatile gas cylinders
Requirements
- Experience in anesthesia equipment and sterile techniques
- Ability to perform Sellick's Maneuver
- Knowledge of pharmacological agents used in anesthesia
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Responsibilities
- Preparing patients and assists during induction, maintenance of and recovery from anesthesia.
- Performs duties under the direct supervision of Anesthesiologist.
- Ensuring properly functioning suctioning equipment is on hand.
- Setting up endotracheal tubes (ET) and Arranging transtracheal jet ventilation devices.
- Provides support for routine surgical cases by assisting in the preparation and maintenance of patient equipment and anesthesia delivery systems before, during and after anesthesia.
- Stocking self inflating resuscitation bags, breathing circuits and masks.
- Performs first level maintenance on anesthesia equipment.
- Cleans, sterilizes, disinfects, stocks, orders and maintains the routine anesthesia equipment and supplies.
- Checks anesthesia machine on a daily basis, prior to surgery, to ensure the gas scavenging system and the suction apparatus are attached and functioning at optimal level.
- Double checking instrument calibrations
- Cleans equipment and stores supplies related to anesthesia.
- Ensuring the adequate stock of laryngoscope blades.
Additional Duties
- Ensuring gas cylinders are full, functional and on hand.
- Works with a wide variety of equipment specific to administration of anesthesia, patient monitoring and related life support systems.
- Understands the sequence of procedures required for rapid induction and intubation used in emergency cases to prevent vomiting and aspiration.
- Performs Sellick’s Maneuver (Cricoid pressure) as required.
- Positions patients for surgery who require spinal or epidural anesthesia with the awareness of sterile techniques.
- Familiar with equipment, supplies and pharmacological agents and is familiar with locations of same.
- Assists anesthetists with starting I.V. infusion.
- Maintains awareness of safety hazards and takes necessary action to prevent accidents.
- Post surgery check for soda lime depletion in the CO2 absorbers.
- Disassemble (and reassemble before surgery) absorbers for cleaning and sterilization;
- Handle and store all volatile gas cylinders and related supplies;
- Dispose of spent CO2 absorbent.
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