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