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Anesthesiologist Assistants
Assist anesthesiologists in the administration of anesthesia for surgical and non-surgical procedures. Monitor patient status and provide patient care during surgical treatment.
- US jobs
- 162,150 (SOC 29-1071 group, "Physician Assistants")
- Median wage
- $135,880 a year
- Job family
- Healthcare
Can agents do the work of anesthesiologist assistants?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Healthcare: Some tasks (no change in 12 months)
Agents complete 20% or more of the tasks (or projects) on a direct benchmark.
Evidence: MedAgentBench, 69.7% of tasks completed.
0% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark (figures for the SOC 29-1071 group).
- 13%Administer basic health care or medical treatmentsNot measured
- 10%Administer emergency medical treatmentNot measured
- 9%Assist healthcare practitioners during medical proceduresNot measured
- 7%Maintain health or medical recordsNot measured
- 6%Prescribe medical treatments or devicesNot measured
- 5%Diagnose health conditions or disordersNot measured
- 5%Examine people or animals to assess health conditions or physical characteristicsNot measured
- 5%Analyze health or medical dataNot measured
Benchmarks for the job family
These cover work in healthcare, not always this occupation's tasks.
Direct evidence
Work benchmarks mapped primary to this family. They set the step when they report how many tasks agents complete.
Also relevant
These benchmarks cover part of this family's work, or have no result yet. They do not set its step.
Context only
These benchmarks span many occupations, or they test how agents behave. They give context but do not set the step.
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Provide airway management interventions including tracheal intubation, fiber optics, or ventilary support.
- Assist anesthesiologists in monitoring of patients, including electrocardiogram (EKG), direct arterial pressure, central venous pressure, arterial blood gas, hematocrit, or routine measurement of temperature, respiration, blood pressure or heart rate.
- Control anesthesia levels during procedures.
- Administer anesthetic, adjuvant, or accessory drugs under the direction of an anesthesiologist.
- Pretest and calibrate anesthesia delivery systems and monitors.
- 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).
- Collect and document patients' pre-anesthetic health histories.
- Administer blood, blood products, or supportive fluids.
- Verify availability of operating room supplies, medications, and gases.
- Assist anesthesiologists in performing anesthetic procedures, such as epidural or spinal injections.
- Assist in the provision of advanced life support techniques including those procedures using high frequency ventilation or intra-arterial cardiovascular assistance devices.
- Monitor and document patients' progress during post-anesthesia period.
Other job titles for this occupation (11)
Anesthesia Assistant · Anesthesia Orderly · Anesthesia Technician (Anesthesia Tech) · Anesthesiology Assistant · Anesthesiology Technician (Anesthesiology Tech) · CAA (Certified Anesthesiologist Assistant) · CAA (Certified Anesthesiology Assistant) · Cardiothoracic Anesthesia Technician (Cardiothoracic Anesthesia Tech) · Cer.AT (Certified Anesthesia Technician) · Cer.ATT (Certified Anesthesia Technologist) · Anesthesia Technologist