Anesthesia Tech

Shift: D/E 4, 10 s - variable days 40 hr weeks 0600-1630Required: Required to have a High School Diploma & WA ST Registration Required to maintain active BLS, PALS & ACLS certifications. Adheres to Confluence Health policies and unit standards as applicable. Successful completion of the CWH Operating Room Anesthesia Tech training program with the first 90 days of the position.Job functions: Supports anesthesia care providers during invasive monitoring, vascular procedures, and regional anesthesia techniques. Supplies and equipment are assembled as appropriate for procedures. Assists with patient transport to Recovery/ICU including preparation of oxygen source and transport monitors. Supports anesthesia care providers in the operating room environment as follows: Disassembles, decontaminates, and prepares anesthetic and monitoring equipment and accessories including ventilator components, gas analyzers, rapid infusion devices, ET tubes, nasal airways, suction catheters, stethoscopes, face masks, breathing circuits and anesthesia bags using Standard Precautions and applying infection control principles in a correct and consistent manner. Assists with patient laboratory tests and results. Provide assistance to care provider with the identification and check-out blood products. Actively participates in educating staff regarding new physiological equipment, procedures and supplies. Assist with arterial line, CVP, and PA catheter placement. Sets up necessary procedure tables with aseptic technique. Sets up, calibrates and verifies function of anesthesia machines, invasive/non-invasive blood pressure monitors, and ETCO2 and SPO2 and is familiar with the ASA Difficult Airway Algorithm. Assists with airway management; ensures rapid sequence/cricoid pressure, fiber optic/Glidescope equipment is ready for use. Performs ACT analysis, intra-aortic balloon (IAB) pump methods, and glucose tests and is responsible for the proper function and maintenance of the machines involved in these procedures. Familiar with various cardiac rhythms and has a working knowledge of hemodynamics and can perform cardiac calculations. Identify and set up pre-mixed pharmaceutical solutions and infusion pumps. RatePlan:CLINICAL

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