Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2016

• 51. - Health professions and related programs
• 51.08 - Allied health and medical assisting services

51.0809 - Anesthesiologist assistant

This instructional program class comprises any program that prepares individuals to assist anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists in developing and implementing patient anesthesia care plans, including pre-operative, surgical theatre, recovery room, and postoperative/intensive care procedures. These programs include courses in patient data collection, catheter insertion, airway management and drug administration, assisting the administration and monitoring of regional and peripheral nerve blockades, support therapy, adjusting anesthetic levels during surgery, interoperative monitoring, postoperative procedures, pain clinics and patient education, and administrative tasks.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • anaesthetist assistant
  • anesthesiologist assistant

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • anesthesiology - residency(60.0403)
  • critical care anesthesiology - residency(60.0511)
  • nurse anesthetist(51.3804)
  • respiratory therapy technology(51.0812)
  • veterinary anesthesiology - residency(60.0301)