Becoming An Anesthesiologist's Assistant

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Have you ever wondered who monitors you when you while you're going through a surgery? Let me guess, an anesthesiologist's assistant isn't the first thing that you thought of because it's a career that most people don't consider. Well to become an anesthesiologist’s assistant you have to be good at math and have good grades which I do. An anesthesiologist’s assistant is the one that gives you the drugs {but that's usually the Anesthesiologist} and monitors you during your surgery, you need varying levels of education. There are many advantages to being an anesthesiologist, one of them are you have flexible work hours and you only need at a minimum 40 hours of work a week. A disadvantage is you are in charge of people's lives as soon as they go under all the way until they wake up.

When you go into a surgery where you need to be put to sleep, I may be the one who gives you the anesthesia to make you fall asleep. While you are sleeping, I am responsible for watching and monitoring you to make sure you don’t wake up during the surgery. I also make sure you do wake up after the surgery. When I work I will usually work with children ages 7-17 year olds. When you become an anesthesiologist's assistant you will usually be in a hospital or an urgent care centre type …show more content…

There are many areas I could be employed at, I would like to be employed in Alberta. One reason is because it’s close to home and I could visit my family more often than if I worked in the United-States. Another place I would like to be employed at is British Columbia because it’s not too far away from Alberta and it’s a nice place. This job is a pretty good paying job you get 56$ per hour, 8000$ a month, and 95,000$-180,000$ a year. My job has flexible work times you’re able to work full time, but you are also able to work part

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