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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Cardiovascular Operating Room Technologist (CVOR Technologist)” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #247 of 702. Estimated risk: 34.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

44%

“Cardiovascular Operating Room Technologist (CVOR Technologist)” will probably not be replaced by AI.

Based on the cognitive demands, communication requirements, and logical reasoning intrinsic to this occupation according to O*NET data, we project a 44% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

55%

“Cardiovascular Operating Room Technologist (CVOR Technologist)” will maybe be replaced by robots.

Evaluating the physical dexterity, repetitive motion tasks, and manual labor associated with this role, our analysis indicates a 55% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Surgical Technologists, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons, registered nurses, or other surgical personnel. May help set up operating room, prepare and transport patients for surgery, adjust lights and equipment, pass instruments and other supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants, hold retractors, cut sutures, and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments.

Avg. Annual Salary $65,810
Avg. Hourly Wage $31.64
Available Jobs (US) 113,890
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Surgical Technologists #29-2055
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Surgical Technologists”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Prepare patients for surgery, including positioning patients on the operating table and covering them with sterile surgical drapes to prevent exposure.

  • Prepare dressings or bandages and apply or assist with their application following surgery.

  • Provide technical assistance to surgeons, surgical nurses, or anesthesiologists.

  • Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.

  • Monitor and continually assess operating room conditions, including patient and surgical team needs.

  • Observe patients' vital signs to assess physical condition.

  • Maintain files and records of surgical procedures.

  • Wash and sterilize equipment, using germicides and sterilizers.

  • Maintain supply of fluids, such as plasma, saline, blood, or glucose, for use during operations.

  • Operate, assemble, adjust, or monitor sterilizers, lights, suction machines, or diagnostic equipment to ensure proper operation.

  • Order surgical supplies.

  • Clean and restock operating room, gathering and placing equipment and supplies and arranging instruments according to instructions, such as a preference card.

  • Scrub arms and hands and assist the surgical team to scrub and put on gloves, masks, and surgical clothing.

  • Count sponges, needles, and instruments before and after operation.

  • Hand instruments and supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants, hold retractors and cut sutures, and perform other tasks as directed by surgeon during operation.

  • Prepare, care for, and dispose of tissue specimens taken for laboratory analysis.

Technologies & Software

  • Database software
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Patient scheduling software
  • Gemini for Workspace
  • Epic AI
  • Surgery workflow communication software
  • Graphics software
  • Nuance DAX (Microsoft)
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Perplexity AI
  • Microsoft Word
  • Abridge
  • Google Drive
  • Amboss AI
  • Email software
  • Glass AI
  • Supply documentation software
  • Patient tracking software
  • Internet browser software
  • MEDITECH software
  • Nursing documentation software
  • Word processing software
  • Nabla Copilot
  • Electronic medical record EMR software
  • Surgical robotics equipment
  • Electronic blood pressure cuffs
  • Syringes
  • Surgical aspirators
  • Defibrillators
  • Positioning equipment
  • Instrument positioning equipment
  • Sterad machines
  • Suturing kits
  • Microscopes
  • Ultrasonic cleaners
  • Ethylene oxide sterilizers
  • Central venous catheters
  • Hyper/hypothermia units
  • Sternal saws
  • Lithotripters
  • Cardiovascular stents
  • Tablet computers
  • Minidriver drills
  • Electrosurgical monitors
  • Washer sterilizers
  • Cryo units
  • Craniotome drills
  • Orthopedic arm boards with drains
  • Nerve stimulators
  • Surgical forceps
  • Adjustable height instrument tables
  • Surgical tubing or irrigation tubing
  • Air driver drills
  • Ring stands
  • Personal computers
  • Suture needles
  • Eye lasers
  • Suction machines
  • Autologous blood recovery systems
  • Chest drains
  • Medical image database systems
  • Wheelchairs
  • Motorized lift tables
  • Endoscopy equipment
  • Master control units or manipulators
  • Needle holders
  • Tourniquets
  • Thermal cautery units
  • Digital Imaging Communications in Medicine DICOM diagnostic medical printers
  • Remote manipulation robots
  • Carbon dioxide CO2 lasers
  • Dermatomes
  • Surgical dilators
  • Wound drains
  • Washer sanitizers
  • Electrocautery equipment
  • Robotic arms
  • Warm air blankets
  • Flash autoclaves
  • Cell savers
  • Endoscopic vein harvesting equipment
  • Venodynes
  • Tracheostomy tubes
  • Slow suction units
  • Digital electrosurgical units
  • Anesthesia machines
  • Voice activated surgical systems
  • Surgical dissectors
  • Surgical navigation systems
  • Ohio suction units
  • Surgical drills
  • Blood/fluid warmers
  • Coronary bypass pumps
  • Portable suction units
  • Fluoroscopy equipment
  • Surgical stapling equipment
  • Surgical elevators
  • Eye magnets
  • Video cassette recorders VCR
  • Pneumatic tourniquets
  • Scalpels
  • Smoke evacuators
  • Endoscopic camera/video systems
  • Instrument tables
  • Vacuum extractors
  • Surgical probes
  • Loupes
  • Insufflators
  • Laparoscopes
  • Surgical lasers
  • Dermatome blades
  • Continuous suction machines
  • Retractors
  • Cavitrons
  • Robotic manipulators
  • Stretchers
  • Intraluminal staplers
  • Intestinal stapling devices
  • Autoclaves
  • Lab specimen containers
  • Desktop computers
  • Surgical drapes
  • Orthopedic drills
  • Foot-operated suction units
  • Autotransfusion systems
  • Fracture tables
  • Electrosurgical grounding pads
  • Suturing needle forceps
  • Medical imagining laser printers
  • Mayo stands
  • Surgical pneumatic drills
  • Cholangiocath catheters
  • Kleinert-Kutz elevators
  • Internal mammary artery IMA retractors
  • Surgical robots
  • Electrosurgical units
  • Surgical clamps
  • Steri-vac aeration cabinets
  • Pulmonary resuscitators
  • Linear staplers
  • X ray machines
  • Fiber optic luminators
  • Neurotome drills
  • Manual blood pressure units
  • Cryo-ophthalmic units
  • Notebook computers
  • Cardiac leg wedges
  • Hemorrhoidal circular staplers
  • Argon beam coagulators
  • Surgical retractors
  • Surgical drains
  • Doppler ultrasound equipment
  • Skin staplers
  • Graspers
  • Neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet Nd:YAG lasers
  • Spark-gap electrosurgical units

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