What an Anesthesiologist Is An anesthesiologist is, as defined by Mosby’s Dictionary of Medicine, is “a physician who completes an accredited residency program in anesthesiology. Anesthesiologists may administer anesthesia directly or as part of an anesthesia team consisting of nurse anesthetists or anesthesiologist's assistants.” These physicians, however, have not been around since the beginning of surgery. Surgery back then was painful for the patient and more stressful for the doctor because with the patient aware the doctor had to be extra careful of every single move; because of the discomfort caused by a patient and stress that built by operators, anesthesiologists emerged and became a vital necessity in the medical field. If they had not existed, surgery would still be primitive and excruciating.
The first cut from the inside was completed, and the bloody blade of the knife issued from the quivering wound, the blood flowed by the pint, the sight was sickening; the screams
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Developments in surgery would not have been possible without skills of an anesthesiologist. In fact surgery within the abdominal cavity, skull and the torso would not be possible without anesthesia. These physicians do more than just give a knock out drug and regulate their patients though. In the article “Empowering Anesthesiologists” by Chandra Mukul Kapoor, Kapoor also believes that anesthesiologists do more than just deliver anesthesia. They make sure to keep a patient safe and secure during surgery and are accountable to ease the patient before and after a procedure, which requires, according to the American Medical Association, “excellent interpersonal skills” because if an anesthesiologist was not an empathetic person the patient would begin to evolve high amounts of concern which lead to stress and result in being calm for an anesthetic to work more difficult and even more