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