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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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