Physician - Anesthesiologist

Job Title

Surgeon

Job Description

The Surgical Service Section of the Reno VA Medical Center provides care in various outpatient and inpatient settings throughout the facility. Administration of all levels of sedation to adult patients. Care includes pain relief and maintenance, or restoration, of a stable condition during and immediately following surgical, obstetrical, and diagnostic procedures. May provide care to patients in the intensive care setting in conformance with unit policies. Assess, stabilize, and determine the disposition of patients with emergent conditions consistent with medical staff policy regarding emergency and consultative call services.

Major Duties Include But Are Not Limited To:

• Consultation for medical and surgical patients
• Image-guided procedures
• Interpretation of laboratory results
• Management of both normal perioperative fluid therapy and massive fluid and/or blood loss
• Management of patients requiring general anesthesia, deep sedation, regional anesthesia monitored anesthetic care for elective and emergent surgery for a wide variety of surgical conditions
• Management of normal and abnormal airways
• Mechanical ventilation
• Pharmacologic support of the circulation
• Placement of venous and arterial catheters
• Preoperative assessment of patients scheduled for surgery
• Recognition, prevention, and treatment of pain in medical and surgical patients
• Sedation or anesthesia outside the operating rooms
• Temperature regulation

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