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