Anesthesiology

Program Description: 

Anesthesiology is a branch of medicine in which the graduates will become competent in treatment and management (in specific distressing and life-threatening conditions), assessment, consultation, preparation of patients before anesthesia, general, regional or local, pain control and providing sedation, administration of anesthesia to patients during surgery/ obstetrical procedures and diagnostic-therapeutic measures, monitoring and maintaining the physiological balance of the patients before, during, and after surgery, caring and creating comfortable, safe, and satisfactory conditions for the patients undergoing diagnostic or therapeutic procedures with or without anesthesia, intensive care and vital support for critically ill patients, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, control of acute and chronic pain in the relevant educational field.

Objectives:

General competencies expected of the graduates include: 
- Communication Skills 
- Education 
- Research and the scientific writing 
- Critical thinking and problem solving skills
- Professionalism
Procedural skills:
1. Arterial line insertion 
2. CV line insertion 
3. Double-lumen endotracheal tube insertion using Fiberscope 
4. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy 
5. Fiberoptic intubation 
6. Spinal anesthesia 
7. Epidural block (lumbar and thoracic area) 
8. Caudal block 
9. Upper and Lower extremity block 
10. Bier’s block 
11. Neonatal intubation 
12. Adult intubation outside the operating room 
13. Laryngeal mask airway (LMA) insertion and management 
14. Pain management procedures 
15. Childbirth without pain 
16. (Transesophageal echocardiography) TEE 
17. TPN 
18. (Intraaortic balloon pump) IABP 
19. Anesthesia outside the operating room, such as MRI and CT units, radiotherapy, radiology, and angiography wards, etc. 
20. Anesthesia for Electro convulsive therapy (ECT) 
21. Nasal intubation 
22. Change ETT with and without tube changer 
23. Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation 
24. Bronchoscopy and bronchoalveolar lavage 
25. Check intraabdominal pressure in ICU 
26. Sonography for insertion of pleural catheter 
27. LP and check of CSF Pressure 
28. tracheostomy 
29. Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) 
30. Awake intubation 
31. Using sonography for blocks and arteriovenous access

Duration:

The Anesthesiology program lasts at least 4 years