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CIP 2010

Detail for CIP Code 51.0809

Title: Anesthesiologist Assistant.

Definition: A program that prepares individuals to assist anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists in developing and implementing patient anesthesia care plans, including preoperative, surgical theater, recovery room, and postoperative/intensive care procedures. Includes instruction in patient data collection, catheter insertion, airway management and drug administration, assisting the administration and monitoring of regional and peripheral nerve blockades, support therapy, adjusting anesthetic levels during surgery, interoperative monitoring, postoperative procedures, pain clinics and patient education, and administrative tasks.

Action: No Substantive Changes

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51.0809 Anesthesiologist Assistant. No substantive changes 51.0809 Anesthesiologist Assistant.
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