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