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