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