Can I become an anesthesiologist if I have bad coordination and very undextrous hands.

[Richanesthesiologist]

I really want to become an anesthesiologist. my only worry is my horrible coordination and lack of manual dexterity, which I rank in the bottom 10 percent of te gejeral population. for example, i suck at sports, always spill stuff, drop things, and can be very clumsy. My communication skills are also not great, but I would say they are about averwge.

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[CypherA]

Strong username to post content. Practice makes perfect. Have you drawn blood on classmates or had to find a vein for any reason? How did it go?

 

[ParallelLines]

Is dexterity that important in anesthesiology? Don't know too much about the field but from what I've seen, the hands on part looks mostly like intubating and flipping a few switches

 

[tiedyeddog]

Yeah you can still do it.

 

[DetectiveAlonzo]

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[DetectiveAlonzo]

Well.. you won't need that much hand strength and coordination babysitting CRNAs... soooo.....

Nah.

That is... until one of them can't intubate or extubate properly and the patient has a laryngospasm and you can't properly oxygenate them and they are pretty much deteriorating ...