Will “Assistant-at-Surgery” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔
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Job Description
Assist surgeons during surgery by performing duties such as tissue retraction, insertion of tubes and intravenous lines, or closure of surgical wounds. Perform preoperative and postoperative duties to facilitate patient care.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-2099.07
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Surgical Assistants”.
Also Known As…
- Surgical Assistants
- Surgical Technician (Surgical Tech)
- Surgical Scrub Technician (Surgical Scrub Tech)
- Surgical First Assistant
- Registered Nurse First Assistant (RNFA)
- Gastrointestinal Technician (GI Technician)
- Certified Surgical Technician
- Certified Surgical First Assistant (CSFA)
- Certified Surgical Assistant (CSA)
- Certified Registered Nurse First Assistant (CRNFA)
- Certified First Assistant (CFA)
- Surgical Services Assistant
- Surgical Assistant-Certified (SA-C)
- Surgical Assistant
- Surgery Technician
- Operating Room Technician
- Operating Room Assistant
- First Assistant
Tasks for “Assistant-at-Surgery”
- Operate sterilizing devices.
- Cover patients with surgical drapes to create and maintain a sterile operative field.
- Incise tissue layers in lower extremities to harvest veins.
- Assess skin integrity or other body conditions upon completion of the procedure to determine if damage has occurred from body positioning.
- Maintain an unobstructed operative field, using surgical retractors, sponges, or suctioning and irrigating equipment.
- Assist in the insertion, positioning, or suturing of closed-wound drainage systems.
- Obtain or inspect sterile or non-sterile surgical equipment, instruments, or supplies.
- Monitor patient intra-operative status, including patient position, vital signs, or volume and color of blood.
- Assist in applying casts, splints, braces, or similar devices.
- Postoperatively inject a subcutaneous local anesthetic agent to reduce pain.
- Transport patients to operating room.
- Assist with patient resuscitation during cardiac arrest or other life-threatening events.
- Monitor and maintain aseptic technique throughout procedures.
- Clamp, ligate, or cauterize blood vessels to control bleeding during surgical entry, using hemostatic clamps, suture ligatures, or electrocautery equipment.
- Determine availability of necessary equipment or supplies for operative procedures.
- Pass instruments or supplies to surgeon during procedure.
- Gather, arrange, or assemble instruments or supplies.
- Insert or remove urinary bladder catheters.
- Assist members of surgical team with gowning or gloving.
- Adjust and maintain operating room temperature, humidity, or lighting, according to surgeon's specifications.
- Remove patient hair or disinfect incision sites to prepare patient for surgery.
- 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.
- 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.
- Assist in volume replacement or autotransfusion techniques.
- Apply sutures, staples, clips, or other materials to close skin, facia, or subcutaneous wound layers.
- Coordinate with anesthesia personnel to maintain patient temperature.
- Verify the identity of patient or operative site.
- Prepare and apply sterile wound dressings.
Related Technology & Tools
- Intravenous IV sets
- Fluid warmers
- Sterile gowns
- Surgical fracture tables
- Wound drains
- Surgical clamps
- Medical image processing printers
- Suction machines
- Patient transport stretchers
- Angiocaths
- Specimen collection containers
- Head stabilizers
- Cauterizing equipment
- Ethylene Oxide sterilizers
- Heart pacemakers
- Hospital intercom equipment
- Surgical retractors
- Cardiac monitoring equipment
- Desktop computers
- Hemostat clamps
- Surgical masks
- Powered surgical drills
- Personal computers
- Blanket warmer cabinets
- Eye magnets
- Medical staple kits
- Surgical gloves
- Suture kits
- Eye lasers
- Multi-line telephone systems
- Carbon dioxide CO2 lasers
- Surgical dermatomes
- Argon beam coagulators
- Anesthesia carts
- Cell savers
- Flash sterilizers
- Fiberoptic endoscopes
- Pagers
- Body stabilizers
- Automated external defibrillators AED
- Telethermometers
- Pressure steam autoclaves
- Nerve stimulators
- Subcutaneous injection syringes
- Surgical robots
- Surgical scalpels
- Laptop computers
- Hypothermia units
- Cast cutting saws
- Surgical razors
- Pneumatic tourniquets
- Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Nd:YAG lasers
- Endoscopic camera/video systems
- Vascular clamps
- Laparoscopes
- Surgical trocars
- C-arm tables
- Surgical protective goggles
- Mayo stands
- Patient positioning devices
- Sterile drapes
- Blood warming equipment
- Urinary catheters
- Nursing documentation software
- MEDITECH software
- Patient scheduling software
- Microsoft Excel
- Patient tracking software
- Electronic medical record EMR software
- Surgery workflow communication software
- Supply documentation software