Anesthesia assistant vs oral surgery assistant

Differences between anesthesia assistant and oral surgery assistant duties and responsibilities

Anesthesia assistant example responsibilities.

• Manage medical records and document examination notes, prescriptions, and procedure details in EMR.
• Monitor patients under anesthesia and assist with minor surgical procedures.
• Maintain all confidential personnel files, licensing and CPR compliancerecords.
• Check airway, intubation and malignant hypothermia carts, and help in sterileprocessing.
• Anticipate and meet the needs of the anesthesiologists and CRNA s. Maintains adequate inventory of equipment, supplies and medications.
• Assist anesthesiologists with swan catheter placement.
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Oral surgery assistant example responsibilities.

• Assist in intravenous sedation, prepare syringes with proper medication, placement of EKG leads, record and monitor during procedures.
• Provide postoperative care with anesthesia patients monitoring vital signs until patient is conscious; establish patient comfort and review prescribe medications.
• Maintain HIPAA compliance through patient confidentiality.
• Train how to assist Dr, in surgery.
• Set up and sterilization of instrumentation, making sure OSHA standards and high standards of the practice are met.
• Anticipate surgeons' needs, pass instruments, cuts, sutures, hold retractors, obtain and process tissue samples.
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