Welcome to the Department of Anesthesiology at Hillel Yaffe Medical Center! 

Our department is dedicated to the management and treatment of patients before, during, and after surgery while ensuring their safety and comfort. As an intern or visiting intern, you have the opportunity to join a practical and fascinating experience in the field of anesthesia. Our goal is to raise awareness of the challenging complexity of the field and provide you with skills that will be useful in your future career, whether you continue in anesthesia or any other field of medicine.

During your rotation in anesthesia, you will work closely with a senior anesthesiologist/intern in various operating rooms and treatment rooms throughout the hospital, providing general anesthesia and sedation to a wide variety of patients. You will have the opportunity to practice important life-saving skills, such as airway management, intravenous catheter placement, and endotracheal intubation, as well as advanced skills like arterial line and central line placement.

Our team sees you as an integral member of the team, and you will be encouraged to be an active participant in your patients' anesthesia from start to finish. You will receive active teaching from interns and experts in anesthesia, and have the opportunity to learn about physiology and pharmacology in real-time. At the end of your rotation, you will participate in an exit meeting/interview, which may include a discussion of basic anesthesia concepts, presentation of a medically challenging case, and performance in a simulation to manage an intraoperative scenario.

After completing your rotation, we expect you to have a basic knowledge of operating room components and room preparation, including IV, airway, medications, and anesthesia machine testing. We also expect you to have basic airway assessment skills, knowledge of rating patients according to the ASA classification, and the ability to perform mask ventilation, intubations, and insertion of a laryngeal mask. Everything you do during the rotation must be in the presence of a department doctor, and you will receive a regular agenda sheet and tasks to perform during the cycle period.

For study material, we recommend the Understanding Anesthesia Handbook by Dr. Karen Raymer, MD, MSc, FRCP(C), which is available online for free.