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