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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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Obtain or inspect sterile or non-sterile surgical equipment, instruments, or supplies.
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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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Prepare and apply sterile wound dressings.
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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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Clamp, ligate, or cauterize blood vessels to control bleeding during surgical entry, using hemostatic clamps, suture ligatures, or electrocautery equipment.
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Assist with patient resuscitation during cardiac arrest or other life-threatening events.
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Pass instruments or supplies to surgeon during procedure.
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Monitor and maintain aseptic technique throughout procedures.
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Determine availability of necessary equipment or supplies for operative procedures.
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Operate sterilizing devices.
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Postoperatively inject a subcutaneous local anesthetic agent to reduce pain.
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Verify the identity of patient or operative site.
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Maintain an unobstructed operative field, using surgical retractors, sponges, or suctioning and irrigating equipment.
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Adjust and maintain operating room temperature, humidity, or lighting, according to surgeon's specifications.
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Coordinate with anesthesia personnel to maintain patient temperature.
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Cover patients with surgical drapes to create and maintain a sterile operative field.
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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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Apply sutures, staples, clips, or other materials to close skin, facia, or subcutaneous wound layers.
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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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Assist in volume replacement or autotransfusion techniques.
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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 in the insertion, positioning, or suturing of closed-wound drainage systems.
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Assist in applying casts, splints, braces, or similar devices.
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Incise tissue layers in lower extremities to harvest veins.