Certified Anesthesia Technologist (Cer.A.T.T.) is a title granted to an individual that successfully meets the experience and examination requirements of the certification. The certification is regulated by the American Society of Anesthesia Technologists & Technicians (ASATT).
Requirements
Requirements to sit for the Certified Anesthesia Technologist (Cer.A.T.T.) examination:
- Current Certified Anesthesia Technician (Cer.A.T.).
- Re-certified every 2-year period, after the Cer.A.T.T. designation was granted.
Anesthesia and anesthesiology |
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| Types |
- General
- Sedation
- Twilight anesthesia
- Local
- Topical
- Intercostal nerve block
- Neuraxial blockade
- Dental
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| Techniques |
- Airway management
- Anesthesia provision in the US
- Arterial catheter
- Bronchoscopy
- Capnography
- Dogliotti's principle
- Drug-induced amnesia
- Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring
- Nerve block
- Penthrox inhaler
- Tracheal intubation
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| Scientific principles |
- Blood–gas partition coefficient
- Concentration effect
- Fink effect
- Minimum alveolar concentration
- Second gas effect
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| Measurements |
- ASA physical status classification system
- Baricity
- Bispectral index
- Entropy monitoring
- Fick principle
- Goldman index
- Guedel's classification
- Mallampati score
- Neuromuscular monitoring
- Thyromental distance
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| Instruments |
- Anaesthetic machine
- Anesthesia cart
- Boyle's machine
- Gas cylinder
- Laryngeal mask airway
- Laryngeal tube
- Medical monitor
- Odom's indicator
- Relative analgesia machine
- Vaporiser
- Double-lumen endotracheal tube
- Endobronchial blocker
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| Complications |
- Emergence delirium
- Allergic reactions
- Anesthesia awareness
- Local anesthetic toxicity
- Malignant hyperthermia
- Perioperative mortality
- Postanesthetic shivering
- Postoperative nausea and vomiting
- Postoperative residual curarization
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| Subspecialties |
- Cardiothoracic
- Critical emergency medicine
- Geriatric
- Intensive care medicine
- Obstetric
- Oral sedation dentistry
- Pain medicine
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| Professions |
- Anesthesiologist
- Anesthesiologist assistant
- Nurse anesthetist
- Operating department practitioners
- Certified Anesthesia Technician
- Certified Anesthesia Technologist
- Anaesthetic technician
- Physicians' assistant (anaesthesia)
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| History |
- ACE mixture
- Helsinki Declaration for Patient Safety in Anaesthesiology
- History of general anesthesia
- History of neuraxial anesthesia
- History of tracheal intubation
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| Organizations |
- American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
- American Society of Anesthesia Technologists & Technicians
- American Society of Anesthesiologists
- Anaesthesia Trauma and Critical Care
- Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland
- Royal College of Anaesthetists
- Association of Veterinary Anaesthetists
- Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists
- Australian Society of Anaesthetists
- International Anesthesia Research Society
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