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