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