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