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Anesthesiologist
* Many anesthesiologists have a special capacity for new ways of thinking, often expressed in art
  - receive further postgraduate education to become pain management specialists
* More anesthesiologists now choose to work less because of family issues or dual careers.
* Some anesthesiologists hemodilute their patients immediately before surgery.
* administer anesthetics to make patients insensible to pain during surgery
  - drugs that bring about hypnosis, paralysis and pain relief
* also have the medical background to deal with many emergency situations
  - prescribe and administer drug therapies for acute or chronic pain
* are also consultants in the management of chronic pain
  - an important part of the team that provides care to women in labor
  - at home in private practice and in federal, municipal and state hospitals
  - aware of the slow emptying of the stomach as labor approaches
* are concerned with many aspects of a child's care
  - a pet s care
  - fully qualified physicians
  - medical doctors
* are physicians who are especially suited for managing severe pain
  - specialize in preventing and relieving pain
  - physicians, and nurse anesthetists are nurses
  - responsible for care of the surgical patient before, during and after surgery
  - specialists in control of both acute and chronic pain
  - well-suited to become leaders and managers of their organization
  - well-trained experts in handling emergency situations
* can bill for medically directing CRNAs.
* diagnose and treat acute and long-standing pain problems
  - patients who have critical illnesses or are severely injured
* focus on the care of surgical patients and on pain relief.
* give more intravenous drugs than all other types of physicians combined.
* know how animals react to hospitals and surgery
  - children react to hospitals and surgery
* often have less patient contact than many other types of physician
  - work long hours
* provide analgesia while maintaining and supporting vital functions during surgery.
* receive more training in regional anesthesia than nurse anesthetists.
* understand the importance of maintaining normothermia for best patient outcome.
* warn patients to stop taking herbal supplements before surgery.
* work in intensive care units to help critically ill patients to stable condition.

Anesthetist
* do it painlessly.
* operate equipment that regulates the flow of oxygen and gases.
* watch equipment that monitors the patient.

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Nurse anesthetist
* Many nurse anesthetists work in varying degrees of collaboration with surgeons and other physicians
* are effective administrators of anesthesia
  - legally responsible for the anesthesia care they provide
  - registered nurses who have taken additional coursework
* give medicines to block feeling or produce unconsciousness
  - patients anesthesia before, during, and after medical and dental procedures
* have special credentials and unique practice settings.
* provide a very important part of anesthesia care.
* represent a long-standing commitment to high standards in a demanding field.
* use needles to give some patients their anesthetic.