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Assist in volume replacement or autotransfusion techniques.
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Prepare and apply sterile wound dressings.
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Operate sterilizing devices.
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Assist with patient resuscitation during cardiac arrest or other life-threatening events.
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Transport patients to operating room.
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Cover patients with surgical drapes to create and maintain a sterile operative field.
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Verify the identity of patient or operative site.
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Coordinate with anesthesia personnel to maintain patient temperature.
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Maintain an unobstructed operative field, using surgical retractors, sponges, or suctioning and irrigating equipment.
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Apply sutures, staples, clips, or other materials to close skin, facia, or subcutaneous wound layers.
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Assist in applying casts, splints, braces, or similar devices.
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Monitor patient intra-operative status, including patient position, vital signs, or volume and color of blood.
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Remove patient hair or disinfect incision sites to prepare patient for surgery.
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Insert or remove urinary bladder catheters.
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Discuss with surgeon the nature of the surgical procedure, including operative consent, methods of operative exposure, diagnostic or laboratory data, or patient-advanced directives or other needs.
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Adjust and maintain operating room temperature, humidity, or lighting, according to surgeon's specifications.
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Coordinate or participate in the positioning of patients, using body stabilizing equipment or protective padding to provide appropriate exposure for the procedure or to protect against nerve damage or circulation impairment.
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Assist members of surgical team with gowning or gloving.
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Clamp, ligate, or cauterize blood vessels to control bleeding during surgical entry, using hemostatic clamps, suture ligatures, or electrocautery equipment.
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Gather, arrange, or assemble instruments or supplies.
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Obtain or inspect sterile or non-sterile surgical equipment, instruments, or supplies.
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Monitor and maintain aseptic technique throughout procedures.
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Incise tissue layers in lower extremities to harvest veins.
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Assist in the insertion, positioning, or suturing of closed-wound drainage systems.
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Pass instruments or supplies to surgeon during procedure.
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Determine availability of necessary equipment or supplies for operative procedures.
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Assess skin integrity or other body conditions upon completion of the procedure to determine if damage has occurred from body positioning.
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Postoperatively inject a subcutaneous local anesthetic agent to reduce pain.