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Transport patients to operating room.
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Insert or remove urinary bladder catheters.
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Assist in applying casts, splints, braces, or similar devices.
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Assist with patient resuscitation during cardiac arrest or other life-threatening events.
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Cover patients with surgical drapes to create and maintain a sterile operative field.
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Postoperatively inject a subcutaneous local anesthetic agent to reduce pain.
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Adjust and maintain operating room temperature, humidity, or lighting, according to surgeon's specifications.
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Prepare and apply sterile wound dressings.
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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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Assist in the insertion, positioning, or suturing of closed-wound drainage systems.
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Operate sterilizing devices.
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Remove patient hair or disinfect incision sites to prepare patient for surgery.
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Verify the identity of patient or operative site.
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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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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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Pass instruments or supplies to surgeon during procedure.
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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 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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Maintain an unobstructed operative field, using surgical retractors, sponges, or suctioning and irrigating equipment.
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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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Gather, arrange, or assemble instruments or supplies.
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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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Coordinate with anesthesia personnel to maintain patient temperature.
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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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Incise tissue layers in lower extremities to harvest veins.