Administer blood or other fluids intravenously.

Administer blood or other fluids intravenously. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 4 occupations and seen in 6 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Administer basic health care or medical treatments. in Assisting and Caring for Others .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 6 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 0 (0%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Select, order, or administer anesthetics, adjuvant drugs, accessory drugs, fluids or blood products as necessary. · Nurse Anesthetists · importance 4.8 · no direct exposure
• Administer blood, blood products, or supportive fluids. · Anesthesiologist Assistants · importance 4.7 · no direct exposure
• Administer post-anesthesia medications or fluids to support patients' cardiovascular systems. · Nurse Anesthetists · importance 4.5 · no direct exposure
• Administer blood and blood product transfusions or intravenous infusions, monitoring patients for adverse reactions. · Acute Care Nurses · importance 4.5 · no direct exposure
• Administer blood and blood products, monitoring patients for signs and symptoms related to transfusion reactions. · Critical Care Nurses · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
• Assist in volume replacement or autotransfusion techniques. · Surgical Assistants · importance 3.7 · no direct exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Nurse Anesthetists
• Anesthesiologist Assistants
• Acute Care Nurses
• Surgical Assistants

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-administer-blood-or-other-fluids-intravenously,
  title  = {Administer blood or other fluids intravenously.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/detailed-activities/administer-blood-or-other-fluids-intravenously}
}