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