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Anaesthetists form the largest single hospital medical specialty and their skills are used in all aspects of patient care. Whilst the perioperative anaesthetic care of the surgical patient is the core of specialty work many anaesthetists have a much wider scope of practice.

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The provision of sedation and anaesthesia for patients undergoing various procedures outside the operating theatre. Examples of this include different endoscopic procedures, interventional radiology and dental surgery (this list is not exclusive).

Anaesthetists scope of practice may include:

• The preoperative preparation of surgical patients
• The resuscitation and stabilisation of patients in the Emergency Department
• Pain relief in labour and obstetric anaesthesia
• Intensive care medicine
• Transport of acutely ill and injured patients:
  • Pre-hospital emergency care
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