Why are anesthesiologists paid that much?

Question

I’m not saying they don’t deserve it, obviously I know they have our lives between their hands. To my knowledge, they base their calculations around our weights and heights. What else makes it so difficult?

In: Biology

Answer 1

I was an anesthetic nurse before I got my current job. My boss always said that in 99% of the time a trained monkey could do my job but what counts is the 1% when things go sideways.