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How exposed to AI is a Anesthesiologist Assistant?

Of the 16 tasks O*NET lists for anesthesiologist assistants, 0 could be done in half the time with a chat window today. 13 cannot be sped up at all. Here is which.

Exposure means published research judged an AI could halve the time a task takes, at the same quality. It does not mean the task stops needing a person. How to read this

Also called
Anesthesia AssistantAnesthesia TechnicianAnesthesiologist AssistantAnesthesiologists' AssistantCardiothoracic Anesthesia TechnicianCertified Anesthesia TechnicianCertified Anesthesiologist Assistant
Reachable today Needs software built first Cannot be sped up
16
tasks rated for this occupation
57%
hold a degree, from a survey of 20
133k
people do this job in the US
79 of 89
least protected in healthcare practitioners

Every task, and what AI can do with it

These are O*NET's task statements for this occupation, exactly as written, sorted into the three bands by the ratings behind this report. Nothing has been reworded.

Only with software built on top

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  • Participate in seminars, workshops, or other professional activities to keep abreast of developments in anesthesiology
  • Collect and document patients' pre-anesthetic health histories
  • Monitor and document patients' progress during post-anesthesia period

Cannot be sped up

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  • Provide airway management interventions including tracheal intubation, fiber optics, or ventilary support
  • Respond to emergency situations by providing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), basic cardiac life support (BLS), advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), or pediatric advanced life support (PALS)
  • Verify availability of operating room supplies, medications, and gases
  • Pretest and calibrate anesthesia delivery systems and monitors
  • Control anesthesia levels during procedures
  • Assist anesthesiologists in monitoring of patients, including electrocardiogram (EKG), direct arterial pressure, central venous pressure, arterial blood gas, hematocrit, or routine measurement of temperature, respiration, blood pressure or heart rate
  • Administer blood, blood products, or supportive fluids
  • Assist in the provision of advanced life support techniques including those procedures using high frequency ventilation or intra-arterial cardiovascular assistance devices
  • Administer anesthetic, adjuvant, or accessory drugs under the direction of an anesthesiologist
  • Assist anesthesiologists in performing anesthetic procedures, such as epidural or spinal injections
  • Provide clinical instruction, supervision or training to staff in areas such as anesthesia practices
  • Assist in the application of monitoring techniques, such as pulmonary artery catheterization, electroencephalographic spectral analysis, echocardiography, or evoked potentials
  • Collect samples or specimens for diagnostic testing
What this does not say

This is not a prediction about your job

Nobody surveyed an employer. Tasks are counted equally, so a percentage here is a share of the list rather than a share of your week. And the ratings were made in 2023, which makes every figure a floor rather than a ceiling.

It must never be used to select anyone for redundancy. The full limits are here.

Where to go next

This is the standard task list for the title. The useful next question is which of the tasks you actually do should go near AI, and which should not.

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Exposure ratings from Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs, Science 384, 1306–1308, 2024, used under the MIT licence. This page includes information from the O*NET Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. People Team AI has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. Employment figures from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.