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The Air Force has a tremendous variety of career fields available to officers —each with unique challenges and rewards. If you know exactly what you're looking for, use the keyword search for a list of job titles and descriptions. Or, if you're interested in seeing what the Air Force has to offer, browse the different career fields in the pull-down menu.
Anesthesiologist
Duties and Responsibilities
The Anesthesiologist is responsible for determining the anesthetics to be used, considering such factors as patient's condition and operation to be performed, and then recording observations while administering such anesthetics as ether, sodium pentathol and nitrous oxide. Anesthesiologists must coordinate the administration of anesthetics with surgeons during operation, and also maintain life support.
The Anesthesiologist coordinates anesthesiological services with other medical activities, instructs personnel in methods and procedures for administering anesthetics, serves as consultant on anesthesiology, and also serves as consultant for respiratory physiology problems and ventilator management for intensive care facilities.
Civilian Opportunities
Civilian Physician/Surgeon
Duties and Responsibilities
In the civilian medical community, physicians’ duties and responsibilities depend upon where they decide to work. They may work in managed care, private practice or academic medicine. In managed care, a health plan pays a fixed monthly fee per member to a physician and the physician agrees to provide specific services to the health plan member.
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