Job Description The CRNA provides anesthesia and anesthesia related care services for patients under the supervision of anesthesiologists. Follows established standards and practices set forth by the Anesthesia Section and the organization.
Responsibilities - Perform and document a pre-anesthesia assessment and evaluation.
- Administer pre-anesthesia medications and fluids.
- Develop and implement an anesthetic plan that may include general, regional, and local anesthesia and intravenous sedation.
- Select, obtain, or administer the anesthetics, adjuvant drugs, accessory drugs, and fluids necessary to manage the anesthetic; to maintain the patient's physiologic homeostasis, and to correct abnormal responses to the anesthesia or surgery.
- Select, apply, or insert appropriate noninvasive and invasive monitoring modalities for collection of patient physiological data.
- Manage a patient's airway ...