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Job Description

Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons, registered nurses, or other surgical personnel. May help set up operating room, prepare and transport patients for surgery, adjust lights and equipment, pass instruments and other supplies to surgeons and surgeon's assistants, hold retractors, cut sutures, and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-2055.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 46,800.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 22.00
Currently, there are 105,720 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Surgical Technologists”.

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Tasks for “Certified Surgical Tech/First Assistant”

Provide technical assistance to surgeons, surgical nurses, or anesthesiologists.
Maintain files and records of surgical procedures.
Prepare dressings or bandages and apply or assist with their application following surgery.
Clean and restock operating room, gathering and placing equipment and supplies and arranging instruments according to instructions, such as a preference card.
Count sponges, needles, and instruments before and after operation.
Prepare patients for surgery, including positioning patients on the operating table and covering them with sterile surgical drapes to prevent exposure.
Hand instruments and supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants, hold retractors and cut sutures, and perform other tasks as directed by surgeon during operation.
Maintain supply of fluids, such as plasma, saline, blood, or glucose, for use during operations.
Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.
Scrub arms and hands and assist the surgical team to scrub and put on gloves, masks, and surgical clothing.
Observe patients' vital signs to assess physical condition.
Wash and sterilize equipment, using germicides and sterilizers.
Monitor and continually assess operating room conditions, including patient and surgical team needs.
Operate, assemble, adjust, or monitor sterilizers, lights, suction machines, or diagnostic equipment to ensure proper operation.
Order surgical supplies.
Prepare, care for, and dispose of tissue specimens taken for laboratory analysis.

Related Technology & Tools

Wound drains
Fracture tables
Cryo units
Chest drains
Portable suction units
Orthopedic drills
Surgical dissectors
Craniotome drills
Instrument positioning equipment
Surgical probes
Robotic manipulators
Desktop computers
Graspers
Cell savers
Thermal cautery units
Intestinal stapling devices
Washer sanitizers
Electrosurgical monitors
Surgical robots
Foot-operated suction units
Warm air blankets
Linear staplers
Autotransfusion systems
Surgical tubing or irrigation tubing
Lab specimen containers
Motorized lift tables
Flash autoclaves
Endoscopy equipment
Autologous blood recovery systems
Venodynes
Fluoroscopy equipment
Surgical aspirators
Stretchers
Dermatomes
Positioning equipment
Ethylene oxide sterilizers
Electrosurgical grounding pads
Needle holders
Skin staplers
Cholangiocath catheters
Notebook computers
Kleinert-Kutz elevators
Microscopes
Surgical forceps
Orthopedic arm boards with drains
Smoke evacuators
Slow suction units
Minidriver drills
Digital Imaging Communications in Medicine DICOM diagnostic medical printers
Sternal saws
Medical imagining laser printers
Autoclaves
Surgical lasers
Washer sterilizers
Electrocautery equipment
Instrument tables
Personal computers
Mayo stands
Ring stands
Cardiac leg wedges
Vacuum extractors
Suturing needle forceps
Tablet computers
Steri-vac aeration cabinets
Scalpels
Endoscopic vein harvesting equipment
Master control units or manipulators
Robotic arms
Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Nd:YAG lasers
Voice activated surgical systems
Eye lasers
Surgical clamps
Surgical drapes
Eye magnets
Doppler ultrasound equipment
Surgical dilators
Syringes
Sterad machines
Manual blood pressure units
Continuous suction machines
Surgical drains
Loupes
Video cassette recorders VCR
Ohio suction units
Suction machines
Lithotripters
Wheelchairs
Tracheostomy tubes
Air driver drills
Fiber optic luminators
Surgical drills
Suturing kits
Surgical elevators
X ray machines
Tourniquets
Surgical navigation systems
Intraluminal staplers
Surgical stapling equipment
Remote manipulation robots
Carbon dioxide CO2 lasers
Surgical robotics equipment
Endoscopic camera/video systems
Pneumatic tourniquets
Nerve stimulators
Dermatome blades
Cardiovascular stents
Hyper/hypothermia units
Neurotome drills
Internal mammary artery IMA retractors
Blood/fluid warmers
Argon beam coagulators
Retractors
Pulmonary resuscitators
Suture needles
Spark-gap electrosurgical units
Surgical pneumatic drills
Ultrasonic cleaners
Coronary bypass pumps
Anesthesia machines
Cryo-ophthalmic units
Electronic blood pressure cuffs
Electrosurgical units
Defibrillators
Insufflators
Laparoscopes
Cavitrons
Surgical retractors
Digital electrosurgical units
Personal digital assistants PDA
Hemorrhoidal circular staplers
Adjustable height instrument tables
Medical image database systems
Central venous catheters

Database software
Surgery workflow communication software
Internet browser software
PracticeWorks Systems Kodak WINOMS CS
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Excel
Electronic medical record EMR software
Patient scheduling software
Word processing software
Nursing documentation software
Graphics software
Microsoft Word
Patient tracking software
Supply documentation software
Email software