Norwegian standard for the safe practice of anaesthesia.

2.1 Definitions • The term anaesthesia care shall be taken to cover anaesthetic preoperative assessments, general anaesthesia, regional anaesthesia, intravenous sedation using a titrated dose, anaesthesia standby and postoperative care. • Anaesthetic staff refers to consultant anaesthetists, anaesthetists and nurse anaesthetists. • A consultant anaesthetist is a doctor who is a fully qualified specialist anaesthetist. • In this document, the term anaesthetist refers to a doctor employed at an anaesthetic department (a consultant anaesthetist or registrar anaesthetist, but not a house officer). • A nurse anaesthetist has a Master’s degree or a post graduate education as nurse anaesthetist based on the Norwegian national curriculum or equivalent. • The ASA group refers to the patient’s physical condition based on the American Society of Anesthesiologist’s classification system.3