Anesthesiology

Anesthesiology is primarily a hospital based specialty whose domain encompasses the operating rooms, pre-op clinics, intensive care units, and pain clinics. Anesthesiologists give general and regional anesthesia during surgical, obstetric, diagnostic, and therapeutic procedures. The main subspecialties are critical care and pain medicine. So an interesting thought is what is going to happen to anesthesiology with the greater use of nurse anesthetists and minimally invasive surgery. Indeed, anesthesiologists are mostly important to intervene when something drastically wrong happens. They have to respond quickly and confidently to airway issues, cardiovascular collapse, shock, and other emergencies. They manage patients before, during, and after surgeries. Training is an internship year followed by a three year residency. Anesthesiologists do not build long-term patient relationships. They often work in a team. It is a good field for those interested in research; they are also known for having fairly good lifestyles.