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