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