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