Will AI Replace Anesthesiologists?

Monitor patient before, during, and after anesthesia and counteract adverse reactions or complications.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Record type and amount of anesthesia and patient condition throughout procedure.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Provide and maintain life support and airway management and help prepare patients for emergency surgery.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Administer anesthetic or sedation during medical procedures, using local, intravenous, spinal, or caudal methods.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Examine patient, obtain medical history, and use diagnostic tests to determine risk during surgical, obstetrical, and other medical procedures.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Position patient on operating table to maximize patient comfort and surgical accessibility.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Coordinate administration of anesthetics with surgeons during operation.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Decide when patients have recovered or stabilized enough to be sent to another room or ward or to be sent home following outpatient surgery.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Confer with other medical professionals to determine type and method of anesthetic or sedation to render patient insensible to pain.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Order laboratory tests, x-rays, and other diagnostic procedures.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Inform students and staff of types and methods of anesthesia administration, signs of complications, and emergency methods to counteract reactions.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Provide medical care and consultation in many settings, prescribing medication and treatment and referring patients for surgery.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Manage anesthesiological services, coordinating them with other medical activities and formulating plans and procedures.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Diagnose illnesses, using examinations, tests, and reports.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Coordinate and direct work of nurses, medical technicians, and other health care providers.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Instruct individuals and groups on ways to preserve health and prevent disease.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Schedule and maintain use of surgical suite, including operating, wash-up, waiting rooms, or anesthetic and sterilizing equipment.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Conduct medical research to aid in controlling and curing disease, to investigate new medications, and to develop and test new medical techniques.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.