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