Dialysis technician vs anesthesia technician

Differences between dialysis technician and anesthesia technician duties and responsibilities

Dialysis technician example responsibilities.

• Maintain national certification as CCHT and attain CE's as required.
• Practice guidelines require by national standard and regulatory agencies and infection control when sterilizing equipment, catheter sites, puncture sites.
• Initiate, monitor, and terminate dialysis treatments for individual patients through intravenous and/or catheter ports.
• Observe patients during hemodialysis treatments and identify patient problems and/or complications and report any unusual findings to the nurse supervisor.
• Operate hemodialysis machines, calculate fluid removal/replacement, monitor venous and arterial pressures, and check patients for adverse reactions.
• Demonstrate proficiency in laboratory procedures and equipment functions to perform duties accurately; comply with standard procedures and cleanliness guidelines.
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Anesthesia technician example responsibilities.

• Assess vitals, apply splints and other orthopedic devices, perform wind care, phlebotomy and EKG's.
• Maintain an unobstruct operative field, using surgical retractors, sponges, or suctioning and irrigating equipment.
• Provide appropriate life-saving care and assist veterinarian in triage emergency cases.
• Provide anesthesia technician services to patients under the direct supervision of a license anesthesia care provider designate by the client facility.
• Assist anesthesiologists in preparing patients for local or general anesthesia in the areas of main surgery, outpatient surgery and labor/delivery.
• Scrub minor ENT, GYN, and Ortho procedures.
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