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Surgical Assistants

$57.29K Median Salary 0 Job Openings (Annual Projection)

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About This Career

Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons. May, in accordance with state laws, help surgeons to make incisions and close surgical sites, manipulate or remove tissues, implant surgical devices or drains, suction the surgical site, place catheters, clamp or cauterize vessels or tissue, and apply dressings to surgical site.

Reported Job Titles

Certified First Assistant (CFA), Certified Registered Nurse First Assistant (CRNFA), Certified Surgical Assistant (CSA), Certified Surgical First Assistant (CSFA), Certified Surgical Technician, Gastrointestinal Technician (GI Technician), Registered Nurse First Assistant (RNFA), Surgical First Assistant, Surgical Scrub Technician (Surgical Scrub Tech), Surgical Technician (Surgical Tech)

Skills You'll Need

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Abilities

Oral Comprehension
Arm-Hand Steadiness
Finger Dexterity
Near Vision
Oral Expression
Problem Sensitivity
Speech Clarity
Speech Recognition
Visual Color Discrimination
Written Comprehension
Control Precision
Information Ordering
Deductive Reasoning
Inductive Reasoning
Manual Dexterity
Selective Attention
Multilimb Coordination
Perceptual Speed
Flexibility of Closure
Hearing Sensitivity
Written Expression
Auditory Attention
Category Flexibility
Reaction Time
Trunk Strength
Visualization
Far Vision
Memorization
Speed of Closure
Static Strength
Time Sharing
Wrist-Finger Speed

Knowledge

Medicine and Dentistry
Customer and Personal Service
English Language
Biology
Education and Training

Skills

Active Listening
Speaking
Critical Thinking
Monitoring
Reading Comprehension
Coordination
Service Orientation
Complex Problem Solving
Operations Monitoring
Judgment and Decision Making
Learning Strategies
Social Perceptiveness
Writing
Active Learning

Technology Skills

Spreadsheet software
Presentation software
Medical software
Office suite software
Word processing software

Tools

Operating room patient positioning devices for general use
Surgical lasers
Surgical clamps or clips or forceps
Electrosurgical or electrocautery equipment
Steam autoclaves or sterilizers
Mobile medical services automated external defibrillators AED or hard paddles
Electronic medical thermometers
Surgical dermatomes or dermabraders or dermameshers
Chemical or gas sterilizers
Cardiac pacemaker generators or cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemakers CRT-P
Surgical drapes
Suturing kits or trays or packs or sets
Surgical pneumatic or battery or electric saws or drills or pin drivers
Diagnostic or interventional vascular catheters for general use
Cast cutters or saws
Operating room patient procedure tables
Medical staff isolation or cover gowns
Hospital intercom systems
Surgical pneumatic or electric tourniquets
Surgical power equipment sets
Notebook computers
Autotransfusion units
Intravenous or arterial fluid warmers
Cardiac output CO monitoring units
Surgical scalpels or knives or blades or trephines
Surgical isolation or surgical masks
Endoscopic hemostatic balloons or needles or tubes or accessories
Surgical suction machine or vacuum extractor or ultrasonic surgical aspirator
Laparoscopes or laparoscopic telescopes
Surgical drains or drain sets
Medical carts
Goggles
Intravenous tubing with catheter administration kits
Hypodermic injection apparatus
Endoscopic instrument sets
Surgical shave kits or prep razors or clippers
Eyemagnets for ophthalmic surgery
Therapeutic heating or cooling units or systems
Medical imaging dry laser printers or imagers
Urinary catheterization kits
Surgical trocars for general use
Lap mayo trays or mayo stands for surgical use
Blanket or solution warmer cabinets
Patient stretchers
Blood warming or transfusion systems
Special purpose telephones
Operating room patient fracture tables or orthopedic tables
Endoscopic video cameras or recorders or adapters or accessories
Specimen collection container
Medical staplers for internal use
Surgical nerve stimulators
Pagers
Surgical gloves
Surgical retractors
Desktop computers
Personal computers