PAs in Anesthesia

It sounds like they just work with the Anesthesiologist to assess the pt and develop the plan of care for them but it doesn't look like they would be administering anesthesia. As far as I know, I'm not in school yet, the only providers that can administer anesthesia are Physician Anesthesiologists, CRNA's, AA's, and Dental Anesthesiologists. Please correct me if I am wrong.

In the state of Kentucky, non CRNA or MDA providers must be PA's. But neither they, nor AA's can work independently.

On 8/29/2019 at 7:35 AM, Undercat said:

In the state of Kentucky, non CRNA or MDA providers must be PA's. But neither they, nor AA's can work independently.

To clarify, they must be BOTH an AA and a PA, in the state of Kentucky. But you are right, either way, they are a dependent tool, not an independent provider.

5 hours ago, BigPappaCRNA said:

To clarify, they must be BOTH an AA and a PA, in the state of Kentucky. But you are right, either way, they are a dependent tool, not an independent provider.

Pappa, did you just call them tools? ?

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