What is an Anesthetist?
An anesthetist is an individual who graduated from college and completed additional training in anesthesia school. Their training may be as a nurse (certified registered nurse anesthetist, CRNA) or an anesthesiologist assistant (AA). Together an anesthesiologist along with an anesthetist make up what’s known as the anesthesia care team.
An Anesthetist is a specialist doctor, who has completed a medical degree at university (for between 5-7 years) and then completed a period of hospital training ( average 8-9 years ) specifically in anaesthesia, intensive care, emergency, pain and peri-operative medicine. They look after you during surgery. Your anaesthetist will watch your condition carefully until you have safely awoken in the recovery room.Anaesthesia is the absence of pain and other sensation in all or part of your body. Australia is the safest place in the world to have an anaesthetic. GENERAL ANAESTHESIA This is a state of carefully controlled reversible unconsciousness where an anesthetist monitors your body functions very carefully. SEDATION This is a state of unconsciousness from which you are easily roused. You may be aware of your surroundings. It often accompanies some form of local anaesthesia. This is the usual technique for gastroscopy and colonoscopy. REGIONAL ANAESTHESIA Part of the body is made numb u
