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Anesthesiologists

$208K+ Median Salary 800 Job Openings (Annual Projection) -0.3% Job Growth

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About This Career

Administer anesthetics and analgesics for pain management prior to, during, or after surgery.

Reported Job Titles

Medical Doctor (MD), Obstetrical Anesthesiologist, Staff Anesthesiologist, Staff Anesthetist

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Abilities

Problem Sensitivity

Deductive Reasoning

Oral Comprehension

Inductive Reasoning

Written Comprehension

Near Vision

Oral Expression

Written Expression

Information Ordering

Selective Attention

Arm-Hand Steadiness

Flexibility of Closure

Perceptual Speed

Speech Clarity

Speech Recognition

Finger Dexterity

Fluency of Ideas

Control Precision

Category Flexibility

Far Vision

Manual Dexterity

Mathematical Reasoning

Number Facility

Response Orientation

Time Sharing

Knowledge

Medicine and Dentistry

Biology

English Language

Chemistry

Customer and Personal Service

Psychology

Physics

Education and Training

Mathematics

Administration and Management

Skills

Critical Thinking

Active Listening

Judgment and Decision Making

Monitoring

Complex Problem Solving

Reading Comprehension

Science

Writing

Speaking

Social Perceptiveness

Time Management

Active Learning

Operations Monitoring

Learning Strategies

Service Orientation

Systems Evaluation

Coordination

Instructing

Systems Analysis

Management of Personnel Resources

Mathematics

Persuasion

Technology Skills

Spreadsheet software

Presentation software

Medical software

Electronic mail software

Word processing software

Internet browser software

Accounting software

Data base user interface and query software

Calendar and scheduling software

Tools

Gas anesthesia apparatus or machines

Electronic stethoscopes

Arterial line catheters

Cardiac output CO monitoring units

Endotracheal or tracheotomy sets

Body plethysmographs

Mobile medical services automated external defibrillators AED or hard paddles

Electrocardiography EKG units

Pulse oximeter units

Esophageal tubes

Medical or surgical suction or vacuum appliances

Resuscitation masks

Anesthesia inhalers or inhaler units

Endotracheal tubes

Surgical isolation or surgical masks

Pharyngeal airways or airways kits

Patient controlled analgesia infusion pumps

Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers

Intravenous tubing with catheter administration kits

Bronchoscopes

Anesthesia nerve block kit or tray

Vacuum blood collection tubes or containers

Intubator components

Medical syringes without needle

Medical oxygen masks or parts

Mobile medical services non-suction antichoke devices

Patient carbon dioxide detectors

Surgical nerve stimulators

Nasogastric tubes

Spirometers

Electronic blood pressure units

Notebook computers

End tidal carbon dioxide monitors

Tourniquets

Surgical gloves

Blood collection syringes

Desktop computers

Personal computers

Tablet computers

Abilities

Problem Sensitivity: The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Information Ordering: The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Selective Attention: The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
Arm-Hand Steadiness: The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
Flexibility of Closure: The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
Perceptual Speed: The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.
Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Finger Dexterity: The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
Fluency of Ideas: The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
Control Precision: The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
Far Vision: The ability to see details at a distance.
Manual Dexterity: The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
Mathematical Reasoning: The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
Number Facility: The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
Response Orientation: The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part.
Time Sharing: The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources).

Knowledge

Medicine and Dentistry: Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
Biology: Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Chemistry: Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Psychology: Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
Physics: Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub-atomic structures and processes.
Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

Skills

Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Science: Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Operations Monitoring: Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people.
Systems Evaluation: Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Instructing: Teaching others how to do something.
Systems Analysis: Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
Management of Personnel Resources: Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
Mathematics: Using mathematics to solve problems.
Persuasion: Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.

Technology Skills

Spreadsheet software: Microsoft Excel
Presentation software: Microsoft PowerPoint
Medical software: Henry Schein Dentrix; Medical condition coding software; Medical procedure coding software; MEDITECH software
Electronic mail software: IBM Notes; Microsoft Exchange; Microsoft Outlook
Word processing software: 3M Post-it App; Evernote; Google Docs; Microsoft Word
Internet browser software: Web browser software
Accounting software: Billing software; Bookkeeping software; Intuit QuickBooks; Sage 50 Accounting
Data base user interface and query software: Blackboard software; Database software; Microsoft Access; Yardi software
Calendar and scheduling software: Appointment scheduling software

Tools

Gas anesthesia apparatus or machines: Digital anesthesia machines; Gas anesthesia administration machines
Electronic stethoscopes:
Arterial line catheters:
Cardiac output CO monitoring units: Cardiac monitors; Hemodynamic monitors
Endotracheal or tracheotomy sets: Tracheotomy sets
Body plethysmographs: Whole body air plethysmography systems
Mobile medical services automated external defibrillators AED or hard paddles: Automated external defibrillators AED
Electrocardiography EKG units: Electrocardiography EKG machines
Pulse oximeter units: Pulse oximeters
Esophageal tubes: Esophageal tracheal airway devices
Medical or surgical suction or vacuum appliances: Nasal suctioning equipment; Oral suctioning equipment; Tracheal suctioning equipment
Resuscitation masks: Ambu bags
Anesthesia inhalers or inhaler units: Anesthesia masks; Calibrated vaporizers
Endotracheal tubes: Endotracheal ET tubes
Surgical isolation or surgical masks: Surgical masks
Pharyngeal airways or airways kits: Laryngeal mask airways LMA; Oropharyngeal airways
Patient controlled analgesia infusion pumps: Patient controlled analgesia PCA pumps
Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers: Personal digital assistants PDA
Intravenous tubing with catheter administration kits: Intravenous IV equipment
Bronchoscopes: Fiberoptic bronchoscopes
Anesthesia nerve block kit or tray: Epidural catheters
Vacuum blood collection tubes or containers: Evacuated blood collection tubes
Intubator components: Intubation sets
Medical syringes without needle: Syringes
Medical oxygen masks or parts: Infant oxygen masks; Neonatal airways; Patient airways
Mobile medical services non-suction antichoke devices: Cricothyrotomy kits
Patient carbon dioxide detectors: Capnographs
Surgical nerve stimulators: Peripheral nerve stimulators
Nasogastric tubes:
Spirometers:
Electronic blood pressure units:
Notebook computers: Laptop computers
End tidal carbon dioxide monitors:
Tourniquets:
Surgical gloves:
Blood collection syringes:
Desktop computers:
Personal computers:
Tablet computers:

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