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