We are going to focus on the three aspects which, to our understanding, are most appealing. Please remember to read the clarifications made under the “Legal Warning” section at the end of the article. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS • Anaesthesiology is the field of Medicine which deals with pain treatment and integral care of the surgical patient before, during and after surgery. Apart from the above-mentioned fields of action, our speciality currently includes others, namely pain treatment, critical medical profiles and extrahospital or intrahospital emergencies. • Our duties inside the operating theatre go beyond anaesthetizing patients, mainly consisting of protecting and regulating their vital signs, in order for the surgical intervention to cause them the least possible alterations. In fact it is us, the ...