<p>Anesthesiologists must be incredibly precise and extremely meticulous in their methods. They are essentially responsible for keeping the patient alive during and at the end of surgery. I think a lot of people have the misconception that anesthesiologists are only responsible for putting people to sleep, but they are also responsible for maintaining all sorts of physiological homeostasis during an operation. This includes being able to react quickly under pressure when/if something goes wrong in the OR. Doesn't sound that "easy" to me...</p>