Anaesthesiologist duty is to monitor the patient?s vital signs during surgery. And he administers local or general anaesthesia to the patient. So, all medical graduates and nursing students who are interested to work as anaesthetist can have peek a boo in their work profile

During an operation, your life is in their hands. But despite the highly sensitive role they play, they are all but invisible to patients

You have to get used to being invisible as an anaesthetist. A large percentage of the public has no idea that they?re medically qualified. I?ve been asked how many GCSEs you need to be an anaesthetist. In fact their training is as long as that of a surgeon.

It takes seven years of specialist studies after you?ve already completed two years of basic general training; and that?s after five or six years at medical school.

Patients always remember the name of their surgeon, never that of their anaesthetist. But it?s still a hugely rewarding job. They?re everywhere in the hospital. In theatre obviously, but also in intensive care, on the wards, in the emergency department, and in the pain clinic, with those who are really suffering.

They assess people?s fitness for surgery, how likely they are to suffer complications, and support them through the operation itself and into the postoperative period.

When you first start anaesthetising patients early on in your career it?s terrifying.

You know that if you get it wrong you might kill someone. Anaesthetist drugs stop people breathing and it?s anaesthetist?s job to take over that function.

It?s an important part of the job to stay calm at all times. If there?s an emergency during an operation the team looks to the anaesthetist for leadership, as the surgeon is often too focused on fixing the immediate problem.

If you panic, it spreads and the team loses the ability to function efficiently

Patients are usually nervous when they arrive in my anaesthetic room.

It?s an exercise in trust to place your whole life in the hands of others.

Every anaesthetist will have their spiel, some small talk to distract the patient from their imminent surgery. They ask them about family, talk about their favourite place to visit, what they do for a living.

They modify my ?going to sleep? talk depending on the small talk that?s gone before.

If they love travelling, I?ll talk about a white sandy beach, with crystal clear waters, a gentle breeze. The more nervous they are, the longer they take to go to sleep.

The best bits? Reassuring nervous patients, rendering labouring women pain-free with the magic of epidural analgesia and, of course, merciless surgeon baiting.

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Anaesthesiologist duty is to monitor the patient?s vital signs during surgery. And he administers local or general anaesthesia to the patient. So, all medical graduates and nursing students who are interested to work as anaesthetist can have peek a boo in their work profile

During an operation, your life is in their hands. But despite the highly sensitive role they play, they are all but invisible to patients

You have to get used to being invisible as an anaesthetist. A large percentage of the public has no idea that they?re medically qualified. I?ve been asked how many GCSEs you need to be an anaesthetist. In fact their training is as long as that of a surgeon.

It takes seven years of specialist studies after you?ve already completed two years of basic general training; and that?s after five or six years at medical school.

Patients always remember the name of their surgeon, never that of their anaesthetist. But it?s still a hugely rewarding job. They?re everywhere in the hospital. In theatre obviously, but also in intensive care, on the wards, in the emergency department, and in the pain clinic, with those who are really suffering.

They assess people?s fitness for surgery, how likely they are to suffer complications, and support them through the operation itself and into the postoperative period.

When you first start anaesthetising patients early on in your career it?s terrifying.

You know that if you get it wrong you might kill someone. Anaesthetist drugs stop people breathing and it?s anaesthetist?s job to take over that function.

It?s an important part of the job to stay calm at all times. If there?s an emergency during an operation the team looks to the anaesthetist for leadership, as the surgeon is often too focused on fixing the immediate problem.

If you panic, it spreads and the team loses the ability to function efficiently

Patients are usually nervous when they arrive in my anaesthetic room.

It?s an exercise in trust to place your whole life in the hands of others.

Every anaesthetist will have their spiel, some small talk to distract the patient from their imminent surgery. They ask them about family, talk about their favourite place to visit, what they do for a living.

They modify my ?going to sleep? talk depending on the small talk that?s gone before.

If they love travelling, I?ll talk about a white sandy beach, with crystal clear waters, a gentle breeze. The more nervous they are, the longer they take to go to sleep.

The best bits? Reassuring nervous patients, rendering labouring women pain-free with the magic of epidural analgesia and, of course, merciless surgeon baiting.

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