The anaesthetist's responsibilities to the patient continue after the operation.

Question: What do you think these responsibilities are?

Answer

The anaesthetist's responsibilities to the patient continue after the operation.

Question: What do you think these responsibilities are?

Answer: The responsibilities of the anaesthetist postoperatively are:

• To transfer the patient to the PACU and hand over to PACU nurses
• To ensure that postoperative pain is controlled
• To ensure that the patient is stable from a cardiovascular and respiratory point of view
• If appropriate, to transfer the patient to the ICU and then provide a thorough handover to ICU doctors and nurses