50 Best Jobs for Your Personality

Part IV: Descriptions of the 50 Best Jobs for Each Personality Type _______________________________

Anesthesiologists

! Personality Code: IRS

! Education/Training Required: First
professional degree
! Annual Earnings: More than $145,600

! Beginning Wage: $118,320

! Earnings Growth Potential: Cannot be
calculated
! Growth: 14.2%

! Annual Job Openings: 38,027

! Self-Employed: 14.7%

! Part-Time: 8.1%

! e job openings listed here are shared with Family and

General Practitioners; Internists, General; Obstetricians

and Gynecologists; Pediatricians, General; Psychiatrists;

and Surgeons.

Administer anesthetics during surgery or other

medical procedures. Administer anesthetic or seda-

tion during medical procedures, using local, intra-

venous, spinal, or caudal methods. Monitor patient

before, during, and after anesthesia and counter-

act adverse reactions or complications. Provide and

maintain life support and airway management and

help prepare patients for emergency surgery. Record

type and amount of anesthesia and patient condi-

tion throughout procedure. Examine patient; obtain

medical history; and use diagnostic tests to deter-

mine risk during surgical, obstetrical, and other med-

ical procedures. Position patient on operating table

to maximize patient comfort and surgical accessibil-

ity. Decide when patients have recovered or stabilized

enough to be sent to another room or ward or to be

sent home following outpatient surgery. Coordinate

administration of anesthetics with surgeons during

operation. Confer with other medical professionals to

determine type and method of anesthetic or sedation

to render patient insensible to pain. Coordinate and

direct work of nurses, medical technicians, and other

health-care providers. Order laboratory tests, X rays,

and other diagnostic procedures. Diagnose illnesses,

using examinations, tests, and reports. Manage

anesthesiological services, coordinating them with

other medical activities and formulating plans and

procedures. Provide medical care and consultation

in many settings, prescribing medication and treat-

ment and referring patients for surgery. Inform stu-

dents and staff of types and methods of anesthesia

administration, signs of complications, and emer-

gency methods to counteract reactions. Schedule and

maintain use of surgical suite, including operating,

wash-up, and waiting rooms and anesthetic and ster-

ilizing equipment. Instruct individuals and groups

on ways to preserve health and prevent disease. Con-

duct medical research to aid in controlling and cur-

ing disease, to investigate new medications, and to

develop and test new medical techniques.

GOE—Interest Area/Cluster: 08. Health Sci-

ence. Work Group: 08.02. Medicine and Surgery.

Other Jobs in! is Work Group: Family and Gen-

eral Practitioners; Internists, General; Medical Assis-

tants; Medical Transcriptionists; Obstetricians and

Gynecologists; Pediatricians, General; Pharmacists;

Pharmacy Aides; Pharmacy Technicians; Physician

Assistants; Psychiatrists; Registered Nurses; Sur-

geons; Surgical Technologists.

Skills: Operation Monitoring; Science; Opera-

tion and Control; Judgment and Decision Making;

Equipment Selection; Monitoring; Equipment Main-

tenance; Complex Problem Solving.

Education and Training Programs: Anesthesiology;

Critical Care Anesthesiology. Related Knowledge/

Courses: Medicine and Dentistry; Biology; Chemis-

try; Psychology; Physics; # erapy and Counseling.

Work Env ironment : Indoors; contaminants; radia-

tion; disease or infections; standing; using hands on

objects, tools, or controls.