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