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