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M. S. Anesthesiology or Master of Science in Anesthesiology is a two-year post-graduate course in Anesthesia. It is a study in which drugs are utilized to reduce pain by causing insensitivity, especially during surgeries and chronic medical treatments.
Different areas of pain management like ambulatory anesthesia, pediatric anesthesiology, cardiothoracic anesthesiology, obstetric anesthesiology, etc are covered under this course. During surgery and other medical procedures, anesthesia helps in controlling pain through medicines and close monitoring breathing, blood pressure, blood flow, heart rate, and rhythm, as required, so as to keep the patient comfortable. The three different types of Anesthesia are general, local, and regional anesthesia, and this course highlight every section of it.
The minimum eligibility to be able to apply for this course is an M.B.B.S degree with minimum marks of 50%. Candidates should also pass the medical entrance examination at the time of admission, conducted by universities/ colleges offering this course. This course is mainly suitable for those who intend to serve in the preoperative settings by managing pain during critical operations and surgeries.
It is also good for those who want to make a considerable contribution towards the specialty of anesthesiology through education, research, and scholarly actions. One should be good at making use of logic and think reasonably for the identification of strengths and weaknesses of patients and thereby find alternative solutions to the problem depending on the situation therein.
Candidates can find jobs in a lot of segments after completing this course. They can opt for administrative jobs in local, regional, and general anesthetics by making use of different techniques like inhalational and intravenous administration.
They can even go in for teaching jobs in both government and private schools and colleges after having passed their UGC-NET examination, which can find them jobs as lecturers as well. This course trains them towards providing medical care to patients who require local or general anesthesia for diagnostic, surgical, and other procedures for pain prevention and body function maintenance.