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Job Description

Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons, registered nurses, or other surgical personnel. May help set up operating room, prepare and transport patients for surgery, adjust lights and equipment, pass instruments and other supplies to surgeons and surgeon's assistants, hold retractors, cut sutures, and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-2055.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 46,800.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 22.00
Currently, there are 105,720 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Surgical Technologists”.

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Tasks for “Certified Surgical Tech/First Assistant”

Hand instruments and supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants, hold retractors and cut sutures, and perform other tasks as directed by surgeon during operation.
Monitor and continually assess operating room conditions, including patient and surgical team needs.
Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.
Order surgical supplies.
Scrub arms and hands and assist the surgical team to scrub and put on gloves, masks, and surgical clothing.
Clean and restock operating room, gathering and placing equipment and supplies and arranging instruments according to instructions, such as a preference card.
Wash and sterilize equipment, using germicides and sterilizers.
Prepare dressings or bandages and apply or assist with their application following surgery.
Prepare patients for surgery, including positioning patients on the operating table and covering them with sterile surgical drapes to prevent exposure.
Maintain files and records of surgical procedures.
Provide technical assistance to surgeons, surgical nurses, or anesthesiologists.
Maintain supply of fluids, such as plasma, saline, blood, or glucose, for use during operations.
Prepare, care for, and dispose of tissue specimens taken for laboratory analysis.
Observe patients' vital signs to assess physical condition.
Operate, assemble, adjust, or monitor sterilizers, lights, suction machines, or diagnostic equipment to ensure proper operation.
Count sponges, needles, and instruments before and after operation.

Related Technology & Tools

Portable suction units
Lab specimen containers
Personal computers
Surgical dilators
Craniotome drills
Tourniquets
Surgical stapling equipment
Wheelchairs
Cryo units
Medical imagining laser printers
Surgical forceps
Mayo stands
Ethylene oxide sterilizers
Medical image database systems
Surgical navigation systems
Surgical drapes
Washer sterilizers
Sternal saws
Intestinal stapling devices
Electrosurgical grounding pads
Foot-operated suction units
Instrument positioning equipment
Personal digital assistants PDA
Surgical lasers
Digital electrosurgical units
Robotic arms
Kleinert-Kutz elevators
Suture needles
Lithotripters
Ultrasonic cleaners
Suturing kits
Nerve stimulators
Stretchers
X ray machines
Pulmonary resuscitators
Needle holders
Scalpels
Cryo-ophthalmic units
Syringes
Central venous catheters
Endoscopic vein harvesting equipment
Surgical dissectors
Surgical elevators
Instrument tables
Venodynes
Electronic blood pressure cuffs
Suturing needle forceps
Robotic manipulators
Notebook computers
Linear staplers
Internal mammary artery IMA retractors
Anesthesia machines
Pneumatic tourniquets
Coronary bypass pumps
Endoscopic camera/video systems
Thermal cautery units
Ohio suction units
Adjustable height instrument tables
Electrosurgical monitors
Eye lasers
Vacuum extractors
Autotransfusion systems
Autoclaves
Microscopes
Fiber optic luminators
Sterad machines
Tracheostomy tubes
Positioning equipment
Electrosurgical units
Minidriver drills
Remote manipulation robots
Air driver drills
Manual blood pressure units
Fluoroscopy equipment
Continuous suction machines
Hemorrhoidal circular staplers
Electrocautery equipment
Surgical tubing or irrigation tubing
Motorized lift tables
Flash autoclaves
Surgical robots
Laparoscopes
Suction machines
Steri-vac aeration cabinets
Surgical drains
Dermatomes
Cavitrons
Spark-gap electrosurgical units
Autologous blood recovery systems
Hyper/hypothermia units
Master control units or manipulators
Surgical probes
Surgical aspirators
Surgical drills
Blood/fluid warmers
Intraluminal staplers
Tablet computers
Surgical clamps
Fracture tables
Smoke evacuators
Digital Imaging Communications in Medicine DICOM diagnostic medical printers
Warm air blankets
Surgical pneumatic drills
Surgical retractors
Wound drains
Slow suction units
Insufflators
Chest drains
Argon beam coagulators
Desktop computers
Ring stands
Orthopedic drills
Washer sanitizers
Carbon dioxide CO2 lasers
Defibrillators
Cardiac leg wedges
Video cassette recorders VCR
Retractors
Doppler ultrasound equipment
Dermatome blades
Skin staplers
Eye magnets
Cholangiocath catheters
Endoscopy equipment
Graspers
Voice activated surgical systems
Loupes
Surgical robotics equipment
Neurotome drills
Cell savers
Orthopedic arm boards with drains
Cardiovascular stents
Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Nd:YAG lasers

Word processing software
Supply documentation software
Microsoft Word
Patient scheduling software
Graphics software
Surgery workflow communication software
Email software
Internet browser software
Nursing documentation software
Database software
PracticeWorks Systems Kodak WINOMS CS
Microsoft Office
Patient tracking software
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Excel
Electronic medical record EMR software