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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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