Job Summary: Participates as the primary assistant to Anesthesia for procedures in the Operating Room. Prepares anesthesia supplies:
Preoperative:
- Ensure anesthesia carts are supplied and machines are in each room prior to the beginning of the surgery schedule and between procedures. Checks and replaces anesthesia gas tanks as needed.
- Retrieve special anesthesia supplies that are anticipated and/or requested by the person administering the anesthetic before and during surgery.
- Prepares complex equipment and supplies for hemodynamic monitoring. This varies based on location and may include peripheral arterial and pulmonary artery catheter transducers, EKG, pulse oximeter, and nerve simulators.
- Ensures monitoring equipment and supplies are ready.
- Ensures the anesthesia machine is ready for use including troubleshooting and correcting problems. May perform daily anesthesia equipment inspections including suction, electrical plugs, gas connections, oxygen and nitrous oxide cylinders.
- May assist in positioning patients for procedures.
Intraoperative:
- Assist in dressing and securing IVs and Arterial lines.
- Assist Anesthesia during intubating and extubating procedures as directed.
- Restock all used supplies as needed during a surgery.
- Dispose of contaminated materials and disinfect equipment in accordance with general operating room P&P concerning biohazardous waste.
- Maintain awareness of physiological parameters and baselines of patients during a surgery.
Postoperative:
- Clean anesthesia equipment in the Operating Room and outside locations following each
procedure. - Clean, maintain, and package used anesthesia materials and equipment.
- Inventories and orders anesthesia supplies.
- Run errands as requested by anesthesiologists/CRNAs/charge RN/other team members as
appropriate to facilitate the preparation and conduct of anesthesia. Perform additional duties as requested by other team members. - Trouble shoot broken equipment and fix as directed by clinical engineering.
Required Skills:
- High School Diploma or Equivalent.
- Anesthesia Tech training
- BLS certification required.
- Two years of experience as Anesthesia Tech required.
- Good communication skills with physicians, staff and patients.
- Understands operations of anesthesia machine, monitors, C02 analyzers, 02 sat analyzers.
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