OT Technician - Bangalore

Role & responsibilities :

Anesthetic technicians prepare equipment needed for the patient to safely undergo anesthesia. This involves:

• Checking & setting up the aesthetic machine
• Preparing intravenous drugs
• Preparing intravenous therapy administration equipment
• Preparing a range of devices to maintain the patient's airway (e.g. laryngeal masks, endo tracheal tube)
• Communicating with the patient when they arrive into the operating theatre, verifying the pre-operative checklist for allergies, informed consent and past medical history.
• Applying aesthetic monitoring to help assess the patients' condition whilst under anaesthesia. This may include electrocardiography (ECG), blood pressure and oxygen saturation devices.

During anaesthesia: The aesthetic technicians role includes assisting with:

• Inducing and maintaining adequate anaesthesia.
• Establishing and securing an airway.
• Making sure that patients are positioned in such a way NOT to cause discomfort during their procedure.
• Monitoring patients' vital signs and anaesthesia depth.
• Temperature monitoring and regulation.
• Collection and analysis of patient (blood) samples.
• Acquiring transfusion fluids and equipment.

After anaesthesia:

Anesthetic technicians assist the anesthetist with:

• Waking the patient.
• Removing airway devices.
• transferring the patient to the Post Anaesthesia Care Unit (PACU)
• Handing over patient information to the PACU staff.