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There are nurse anethesistd, too. They go to get their BSNs and then enter a graduate program. In my experience, they are the ones that give you the initial "feel good" drugs and then man the initial recovery rooms after the surgery. Not sure what they do in the middle...wonder why?? :)
While I'm sure this could be a great career choice, do consider the amount of money that wil be put towards insurance. Anesthesiologist endure alot of risk in their daily work, you know, bringing someone down to the brink of death with drugs... their insurance costs are extremely high.
Physican assistants are hot items on the job market, too.
Anesthesiologists in the US are generally doctors (MDs). Consequently, you need to take everything that it takes to get into medical school (biology, chemistry, math, physics).
There are anesthesiological assistants but they'll require the same background.
In any case, get good grades, do volunteer work at hospitals and go for it!
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In order to become an anesthesiologist you have to first complete medical school. You don't have to take any special courses otherwise up to that point specifically for anesthesia. All relevant training for anesthesiology is done during your anesthesia residency, which is a 4-year residency after 4 years of medical school.
I'm an anesthesiologist. The link below is for the web site for the American Society of Anesthesiologists.
Anaesthetists (as we call them!) are not only responsible for putting you to sleep (and keeping you that way!) during operations, they are involved in all aspects of pain management and control as well as looking after patients in Intensive Care.
You need the MB BS qualification and then, once you have that, you do post graduate courses and training jobs. So what do you need? Anything that's going to get you into medical school especially maths, biology, chemistry or physics. However there's so much competition for places, you've got to have more than top grades to get in. By the time you apply to medical school, they'll assume that you are more than capable of doing the study (you and every other person who applies for a place) so you've got to make sure you have plenty of other things such as voluntary work, community roles etc, to offer the medical school in addition to high scores in as many science subjects as possible.
Saying all that, you might also find that some medical schools will offer you a shortened MB BS course if you already have a degree in another discipline - apparently heaps of people here with IT degrees are quitting the IT industry in order to undertake the shortened medical degree.
Once someone asked a doctor what to study in college to prepare for medical school, and the doctor said, "Music, history, literature, philosophy, etc." In other words, get a broad based education. You will want your life to be more than just becoming your job. Yes, take your science courses. But you will have 4 more years of career-focused education in medical school after college to prepare for your profession. In high school or college, broaden your mind.
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