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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”

Observe patients' vital signs to assess physical condition.
Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.
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.
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.
Scrub arms and hands and assist the surgical team to scrub and put on gloves, masks, and surgical clothing.
Prepare dressings or bandages and apply or assist with their application following surgery.
Maintain supply of fluids, such as plasma, saline, blood, or glucose, for use during operations.
Prepare patients for surgery, including positioning patients on the operating table and covering them with sterile surgical drapes to prevent exposure.
Count sponges, needles, and instruments before and after operation.
Wash and sterilize equipment, using germicides and sterilizers.
Order surgical supplies.
Operate, assemble, adjust, or monitor sterilizers, lights, suction machines, or diagnostic equipment to ensure proper operation.
Maintain files and records of surgical procedures.
Monitor and continually assess operating room conditions, including patient and surgical team needs.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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