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