a supervising anesthesiologist in the practice of medicine.
Duties which an anesthesiologist may delegate to an
anesthesiologist assistant include, but are not limited to:
(1) Performing preoperative anesthetic evaluations,
except for emergencies which must be approved by the
supervising anesthesiologist prior to the administration of
care.
(2) Performing postoperative anesthetic evaluations
and writing patient progress notes, which must be cosigned by
the supervising anesthesiologist within 24 hours.
(3) Ordering and performing preoperative consultations.
(4) Ordering preoperative medications, including, but
not limited to, controlled substances.
(5) Changing or discontinuing a medical treatment plan
after consultation with the supervising anesthesiologist.
(6) Obtaining informed consent for anesthesia or related
procedures if permissible under section 504 of the act of
March 20, 2002 (P.L.154, No.13), known as the Medical Care
Availability and Reduction of Error (Mcare) Act .
(7) Ordering the perioperative continuation of current
medications which may be administered prior to the
cosignature by the supervising anesthesiologist.
(8) Calibrating anesthesia delivery systems and
obtaining and interpreting information from the systems and
monitors.
(9) Assisting the supervising anesthesiologist with the
implementation of medically accepted monitoring techniques.
(10) Performing basic and advanced airway interventions,
including, but not limited to,
endotrachealintubation, laryngeal mask insertion and other
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