Anesthetic assistant vs family practice physician assistant

Differences between anesthetic assistant and family practice physician assistant duties and responsibilities

Anesthetic assistant example responsibilities.

• Work closely with patients to manage their depression and anxiety beginning with initial diagnosis to med-initiation and follow-up care.
• Work with pediatric populations, associate pediatric illness perform suturing orthopedic emergencies fracture care, reduction, splint and cast placement.
• Facilitate patient pre-operative management by supporting operating room staff room preparation, patient transport, and patient preparation.

Family practice physician assistant example responsibilities.

• Manage ICU patients and ventilator management.
• Provide primary care services to uninsure and under-insure patients in both rural and urban community health centers throughout central California.
• Provide preventative services, routine physical exams, appropriate screening examinations, vaccinations and health education for adult and pediatric patients.
• Interpret x rays, diagnosis, and treat.
• See patients post-op in ICU and on the floors.
• Interpret EKG, plain films/CT, and laboratory values.
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