Anaesthetic technician
Code 3259.1
Anaesthetic technicians assist specialised doctors in anaesthetics. They prepare operating theatres and other specialised clinics for anaesthetic procedures, prepare the equipment needed for anaesthesia, and assist with inducing and maintaining adequate anaesthesia and post-anaesthesia procedures. They do so under supervision, following the orders of the doctor of medicine.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- Alfabetización en tecnologías de salud
- Análisis de resultados de tratamientos en la plataforma RIS PAC
- Aplicaciones analíticas en salud
- Comunicación efectiva de las decisiones a pacientes y familias
- Criterios de diagnóstico
- Evaluación de impacto en salud y calidad de la atención
- Evaluación y manejo de pacientes con problemas de salud o enfermedades
- Monitorización remota de signos vitales para pacientes
- Métricas y evaluaciones de calidad en atención médica (KPIs)
- human anatomy
- anaesthetics
- surgical asepsis
- biophysics
- surgery
- emergency surgery
- infection control
- professional documentation in health care
- pharmacology
- human physiology
- medical informatics
- emergency medicine
- intensive care medicine
- resuscitation
- sterilization techniques
Skills and competences
- Aplicar normativas en proyectos de salud
- Atender a pacientes con enfermedades o problemas de salud
- Comprender consideraciones culturales en atención médica
- Comunicar los riesgos a todas las personas implicadas
- Considerar las preferencias y valores del paciente en la toma de decisiones
- Determinar riesgos que pueden afectar la salud y la seguridad de los pacientes
- Diseñar sistemas de información de salud centrados en el paciente
- Elaborar informes técnicos para audiencias de salud
- Elaborar presentaciones para audiencias de salud
- Entender las necesidades y expectativas de los usuarios en salud
- Garantizar la confidencialidad de los pacientes
- Gestionar registros médicos electrónicos
- Identificar fuentes de datos de salud relevantes
- Responder a las necesidades de los usuarios en un entorno de salud
- Utilizar correctamente términos técnicos utilizados en el campo de la salud
- administer anaesthetics to patients
- ensure the positioning of the patient for surgery
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- empathise with the healthcare user
- assess patients after surgery
- manage healthcare users' data
- maintain anaesthetic machinery
- order supplies for anaesthesia services
- undertake healthcare examination
- monitor patients during surgery
- supervisar las constantes vitales de un paciente
Transversal competences
- deal with emergency care situations
- dispose medical waste
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- manage infection control in the facility
- first aid
- monitor stock level
- tolerate stress
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
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