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