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What’s challenging about being a Anesthesiologist
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Ruth’s Answer
Needing to be swift in making life and death decisions, sometimes without knowing all the patient background health data.
risk of malpractice in bad outcomes
risk of malpractice in bad outcomes
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Estelle’s Answer
Much of the time, anesthesiology is routine. Putting healthy patients to sleep for routine surgeries nonemergently. However, when emergencies arise or patients are extremely ill or unstable, the anesthesiologists are often the difference between survival and not. They have to be calm and quick on their feet and able to work well in stressful situations. They have to know about all kinds of medical illnesses and drug interactions and reactions. They often have long hours and overnight calls.