Certified Anesthesia Technician

Short description: Professional certification

Certified Anesthesia Technician (Cer.A.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

ASATT requires any candidate seeking certification (Cer.A.T.) meet one of the following requirements:[1]

* ASATT Certified Anesthesia Technician, Cer.A.T. – No longer offering certification exam.
* Only Certified Anesthesia Technologist Cer.A.T.T exams are offered through ASATT
* Cer.A.T's may advance to Cer.A.T.T through an advanced placement program sponsored by ASATT

## References

1. ↑ "Standards of Practice". American Society of Anesthesia Technologists & Technicians. Archived from the original on 2010-10-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20101028002245/https://asatt.org/sop.html. Retrieved 2010-10-22.

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Anesthesia and anesthesiology

Types|

* General
* Sedation
* Twilight anesthesia
* Local
* Topical
* Intercostal nerve block
* Neuraxial blockade
* Spinal
* Epidural
* Dental
* Inferior alveolar nerve

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

Scientific principles|

* Blood–gas partition coefficient
* Concentration effect
* Fink effect
* Minimum alveolar concentration
* Second gas effect

Measurements|

* ASA physical status classification system
* Baricity
* Bispectral index
* Entropy monitoring
* Fick principle
* Goldman index
* Guedel's classification
* Mallampati score
* Neuromuscular monitoring
* Thyromental distance

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

Complications|

* Emergence delirium
* Allergic reactions
* Anesthesia awareness
* Local anesthetic toxicity
* Malignant hyperthermia
* Perioperative mortality
* Postanesthetic shivering
* Postoperative nausea and vomiting
* Postoperative residual curarization

Subspecialties|

* Cardiothoracic
* Critical emergency medicine
* Geriatric
* Intensive care medicine
* Obstetric
* Oral sedation dentistry
* Pain medicine

Professions|

* Anesthesiologist
* Anesthesiologist assistant
* Nurse anesthetist
* Operating department practitioners
* Certified Anesthesia Technician
* Certified Anesthesia Technologist
* Anaesthetic technician
* Physicians' assistant (anaesthesia)

History|

* ACE mixture
* Helsinki Declaration for Patient Safety in Anaesthesiology
* History of general anesthesia
* History of neuraxial anesthesia
* History of tracheal intubation

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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