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