Anesthesiologist

Anesthesiologist

Duties and responsibilities:  Administer anesthetic or sedation during medical procedures, using local, intravenous, spinal or caudal methods. Confer with other medical professionals to determine type and method of anesthetic or sedation to render patient insensible to pain. Coordinate administration of anesthetics with surgeons during operation. Decide when patients have recovered or stabilized enough to be sent to another room or ward or to be sent home following outpatient surgery.

Salary: $261,834-$434,762

Education: Even before entering college, those interested in a career in anesthesiology need to think about the kinds of classes taken in high school. Classes with a math and science concentration certainly go a long way in preparing a future. They must attend a four-year undergraduate program and most will enroll in a pre-medicine or another science-concentrated program.

Reflection: i would not like to be one because it seems like a hard job.