We don't use the word anesthesiologist though we do know what it means thanks to ER, Gray's Anatomy etc.
Incidentally a senior surgeon is not called Dr in the UK. A man is called Mr... and a woman is Miss....(or whatever).
The anesthesiologist is an MD doctor, while the anesthetist and anesthesia tech. are not.
Anesthesiologist Nurse
Anesthesiologist or Anesthetist.
An anesthesiologist or anesthetist.
This type of doctor is called an anesthesiologist. An anesthesiologist is an MD; an anesthetist is an RN (nurse).
The medical doctor who provides anesthesia is an anesthesiologist. (also anesthetist)(The chiefly UK spelling is anaesthesiologist / anaesthetist.)
For a nurse anesthetist, they must first obtain their R.N. degree, which takes 4 years. Then they go for another two years to become an R.N.A. (Registered Nurse Anesthetist). For an anesthesiologist, they first must become a physician, which requires 4 years of pre-med, then 4 years of medical school, then they have to go for another 2 years to become an anesthesiologist.
Can he(she) do the work ... sure. But they both have separate licensing procedures and tests that must be passed.
A Nurse who works with an Physician who specializes in Anesthesiology (Anethesiologist) is called a Nurse Anesthetist.
They both have a full basic training as a qualified nurse. Only the nurse anesthetist has specialized further as a anesthetist's assistant during operations.
An anesthetist or an anesthesiologist is the key person during surgury where the patient has to be put under, or knocked out. They dont treat diseases, they ensure the patient goes to sleep with a sedative, confirms that they are asleep, remains pain free and breathes normally during the operation and is awoke at the proper time.
An anesthetist is one who administers an anesthetic.