Overview
Operation Theatre and anaesthesia technician is an allied healthcare worker who assists with the administration and monitoring of anaesthesia and has an extensive knowledge of anaesthesia techniques, instruments, supplies, and technology.
Anaesthesia technicians are involved in patient’s care during Peri-operative (The period, Before, during and after the surgery) anaesthetic care, taking into account of the patients’ religious and cultural beliefs and respecting their right to medical privacy and dignity at all times. Anaesthesia Technicians also provide a key role in the emergency resuscitation of patients.
B.SC. Operation Theatre & Anaesthesia Technology – Government Colleges in Tamil Nadu
Government Thoothukudi Medical College, Thoothukudi
Government Tirunelveli Medical College, Tirunelveli
Government K. A. P. V. Medical College, Trichy
Government Vellore Medical College, Vellore
Madurai Medical College, Madurai
Government Villupuram Medical College, Villupuram
Pudukottai Medical College, Pudukottai
Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College, Salem
Government Dharmapuri Medical College, Dharmapuri.
Chengalpattu Medical College, Chengalpattu.
Government Thiruvarur Medical College, Thiruvarur.
Government Thanjavur Medical College, Thanjavur.
Career Prospects
Hospitals are the primary recruiters of operation theatre and anaesthesia technologists. They work in the operating theatres and emergency departments of hospitals and nursing homes.
Openings are available in the areas of transplant units, orthopaedic clinics, gynaecology units, cancer units, surgery, special care baby units etc. and also in the field of research, education and training. They are appointed in the workplaces of physicians or dentists who perform outpatient surgery.
They are appointed in the following area:
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- Managing Operation Theatre equipments
- Planning, Management and Sterility of the Operation Theatre premises
- Suction, gas system operation and inhalational agents usage
Apart from the operation theatre they are employed in Emergency, Intensive Care and Surgical Units.