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