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