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