Anesthesiologists serve a central role in the operating room, making decisions to protect and regulate your critical life functions. These are the doctors who put the patient to sleep, before any treatment or surgery, and then is responsible for slowly waking them up and making sure there are no problems. Anesthesiology revolves around pain prevention, but requires constant presence in the operating room - for incase any problems occur. Anesthesiologists also aid patients with chronic disease to live better, and ultimately easier lives through pain management treatments. Also, their work in the critical care unit saves countless lives. The medical care world we live in relies heavily on surgery as a problem solver. Without Anesthesia and Anesthesiologists surgery would be unbearably painful. ! Anesthesiology is notorious for its large salary. The median expected salary for a typical anesthesiologist in the United States is $338,419 (annually). Although it can vary based on the specific field of anesthesiology. Anesthesiologists do get payed more then most doctors, and are considered one of the highest payed jobs. As most other doctors though, there are quite a few education requirements. ! Anesthesiology is one of the most highly ranked professions in the medical business, therefore it requires a high school diploma. Math and Science classes are important to take in high school, especially Biology and Chemistry. High school is followed by medical school where a medical degree can be obtained. A medical examination is then conducted; officially licensing one to practice medicine. For all doctors, an extra four years of residency is required to begin practicing on patients. One of these four years is spent training in basic medicine knowledge, as a foundation, and the other three years is spent in an anesthesiology residency program.

Anesthesiologists always have to remain alert to what is going on when in the operating room. The liability is huge in anesthesiology, because of the problematic effects, such as paralyzation, if too much or too little anesthesia is used. Every anesthetic must be tailored to the individual, and to the operation or procedure that the person is having. Individuals have different responses to anesthesia. Some of these differences are genetic, or inborn, and some differences are due to changes in health or illness. The amount of anesthesia needed can differ according to such things as; age, weight,