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