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