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Will AI replace Anesthesiologist Assistants?

Lower risk

Baseline AI displacement risk for Anesthesiologist Assistants, aggregated from 5 research sources.

What this score means

Anesthesiologist Assistants is among the least exposed roles in Healthcare. Most of what the job involves still sits outside what current AI can do, even as the tools around it keep changing. At 13 out of 100 it scores 9 points below the Healthcare average of 22. Across the 5 sources behind this baseline, individual estimates run from 5 to 29, so the score is a weighted consensus rather than any single figure.

The number is a consensus estimate for the typical version of the role, built from published academic and industry research scored occupation by occupation. It is not a prediction about any individual. How scoring works

What this job actually involves

Exposure follows the work itself rather than the job title, so it is worth seeing what the role is made of. These are the tasks O*NET records for Anesthesiologist Assistants, most central first, showing 12 of 16.

  • 01Provide airway management interventions including tracheal intubation, fiber optics, or ventilary support.
  • 02Respond to emergency situations by providing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), basic cardiac life support (BLS), advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), or pediatric advanced life support (PALS).
  • 03Verify availability of operating room supplies, medications, and gases.
  • 04Pretest and calibrate anesthesia delivery systems and monitors.
  • 05Participate in seminars, workshops, or other professional activities to keep abreast of developments in anesthesiology.
  • 06Control anesthesia levels during procedures.
  • 07Assist anesthesiologists in monitoring of patients, including electrocardiogram (EKG), direct arterial pressure, central venous pressure, arterial blood gas, hematocrit, or routine measurement of temperature, respiration, blood pressure or heart rate.
  • 08Administer blood, blood products, or supportive fluids.
  • 09Collect and document patients' pre-anesthetic health histories.
  • 10Assist in the provision of advanced life support techniques including those procedures using high frequency ventilation or intra-arterial cardiovascular assistance devices.
  • 11Monitor and document patients' progress during post-anesthesia period.
  • 12Administer anesthetic, adjuvant, or accessory drugs under the direction of an anesthesiologist.

Task statements from O*NET by the National Center for O*NET Development, used under CC BY 4.0. The tasks are descriptive; the exposure score above is ours.

The research behind this score

This baseline aggregates 5 research sources that scored Anesthesiologist Assistants for AI and automation exposure. More recent, higher confidence studies carry more weight in the final number.

Common questions

How likely is AI to replace Anesthesiologist Assistants?
Published research puts Anesthesiologist Assistants at 13 out of 100 for AI displacement risk, in the lower risk band. The number is a weighted consensus of 5 research sources and describes the typical version of the role, not any individual.
Do researchers agree on the risk for Anesthesiologist Assistants?
Only partly. Individual estimates for Anesthesiologist Assistants run from 5 to 29 out of 100 across the 5 sources behind this score, so the single number smooths over real disagreement. More recent and higher confidence studies carry more weight in it.
Which healthcare roles face similar AI exposure?
The closest published healthcare roles to Anesthesiologist Assistants by score are Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses (13/100), Nurse Anesthetists (13/100), and Phlebotomists (13/100). Each has its own page with the research behind its number.

Also covers

Anesthesia Assistant · Anesthesia Technician · Anesthesia Technologist · Anesthesiologist Assistant · Anesthesiologists' Assistant · Cardiothoracic Anesthesia Technician · Certified Anesthesia Technician · Certified Anesthesiologist Assistant and related titles

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