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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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