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Remove patient hair or disinfect incision sites to prepare patient for surgery.
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Operate sterilizing devices.
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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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Assist in volume replacement or autotransfusion techniques.
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Gather, arrange, or assemble instruments or supplies.
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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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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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Determine availability of necessary equipment or supplies for operative procedures.
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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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Incise tissue layers in lower extremities to harvest veins.
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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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Prepare and apply sterile wound dressings.
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Postoperatively inject a subcutaneous local anesthetic agent to reduce pain.
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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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Apply sutures, staples, clips, or other materials to close skin, facia, or subcutaneous wound layers.
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Monitor patient intra-operative status, including patient position, vital signs, or volume and color of blood.
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Assist with patient resuscitation during cardiac arrest or other life-threatening events.
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Verify the identity of patient or operative site.
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Assist in applying casts, splints, braces, or similar devices.
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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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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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Monitor and maintain aseptic technique throughout procedures.
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Assist in the insertion, positioning, or suturing of closed-wound drainage systems.