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Cover patients with surgical drapes to create and maintain a sterile operative field.
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Pass instruments or supplies to surgeon during procedure.
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Assist in volume replacement or autotransfusion techniques.
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Incise tissue layers in lower extremities to harvest veins.
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Prepare and apply sterile wound dressings.
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Monitor patient intra-operative status, including patient position, vital signs, or volume and color of blood.
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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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Determine availability of necessary equipment or supplies for operative procedures.
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Verify the identity of patient or operative site.
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Assist in the insertion, positioning, or suturing of closed-wound drainage systems.
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Operate sterilizing devices.
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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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Assist with patient resuscitation during cardiac arrest or other life-threatening events.
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Monitor and maintain aseptic technique throughout procedures.
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Gather, arrange, or assemble instruments or supplies.
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Assist in applying casts, splints, braces, or similar devices.
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Postoperatively inject a subcutaneous local anesthetic agent to reduce pain.
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Remove patient hair or disinfect incision sites to prepare patient for surgery.
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Assist members of surgical team with gowning or gloving.
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Transport patients to operating room.
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Apply sutures, staples, clips, or other materials to close skin, facia, or subcutaneous wound layers.
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Coordinate with anesthesia personnel to maintain patient temperature.
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Obtain or inspect sterile or non-sterile surgical equipment, instruments, or supplies.
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Adjust and maintain operating room temperature, humidity, or lighting, according to surgeon's specifications.
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Maintain an unobstructed operative field, using surgical retractors, sponges, or suctioning and irrigating equipment.
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Insert or remove urinary bladder catheters.
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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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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.