Tıbbi Hizmetler ve Teknikler

Medical Services and Techniques

Anesthesia

(About the Program)

Medical Services and Techniques

It is an associate degree program that trains qualified health technicians who can work in coordination with anesthesiologists and the surgical team and provide technical support in anesthesia application processes.

About the Program

The Anesthesia Program aims to train technical health personnel who will assist anesthesiologists during surgical and interventional procedures. Program graduates support the safe, orderly, and effective execution of anesthesia practices in line with the guidance of the anesthesiologist, the operating room specialist in charge, and the surgical team.

Professional Role

An anesthesia technician is a health professional who takes part in processes such as preparing the patient for anesthesia and surgery, monitoring the patient during the procedure, and keeping anesthesia devices and equipment ready for use.

Working Environment

Graduates may work in operating rooms, anesthesia, and reanimation units, particularly in university hospitals, public hospitals, and private hospitals.

Duties and Areas of Responsibility

Anesthesia technicians contribute to the safe and orderly execution of the anesthesia application process in line with the anesthesiologist's instructions. In this scope, their main areas of duty are as follows:

Preparing the patient for anesthesia and surgery.
Supporting patient monitoring during anesthesia.
Checking the anesthesia device and operating table before each surgery.
Keeping the environment, materials, and technical equipment to be used for anesthesia ready for use.
Assisting in positioning the patient appropriately during the procedure.
Supporting the recording processes for the type of anesthesia administered, the drugs, devices, instruments, and materials used, and the observation findings related to the patient.
Contributing to the maintenance and storage processes of anesthesia devices, instruments, drugs, and medical materials.

Graduates' Employment Areas

Program graduates may work in public and private health institutions, university hospitals, public hospitals, and private hospitals in units where anesthesia services are provided.

Vertical Transfer Opportunity

Graduates of the Anesthesia Program may transfer to relevant undergraduate programs if they are successful in the Vertical Transfer Exam administered by OSYM.

General Approach of the Program

The Anesthesia Program aims to train qualified health technicians who can contribute effectively to anesthesia processes in health services by grounding its education in patient safety, technical competence, teamwork, professional ethics, and careful record keeping.