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