How do they match: Surgical Assistants

  • Surgical Assistants

  • Certified First Assistant
  • Certified Nursing Assistant
  • Certified Registered Nurse First Assistant
  • Certified Surgical Technician
  • Certified Surgical Assistant
  • Certified Surgical First Assistant
  • Clinical Assistant
  • First Assistant
  • GI Technician
  • Gastrointestinal Technician
  • Medical Surgical Nursing Assistant
  • Operating Room Technician
  • Operating Room Assistant
  • Operator Assistant
  • Physician Assistant
  • Registered Nurse First Assistant
  • Surgery Technician
  • Surgery Assistant
  • Surgical Technician
  • Surgical Assistant
  • Surgical Assistant-Certified
  • Surgical Dental Assistant
  • Surgical First Assistant
  • Surgical Medical Assistant
  • Surgical Scrub Technician
  • Surgical Services Assistant
  • Travel Registered Nurse First Assistant

  • 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.

  • Assist in applying casts, splints, braces, or similar devices.
  • Assist in the insertion, positioning, or suturing of closed-wound drainage systems.
  • Assist in volume replacement or autotransfusion techniques.
  • Assist members of surgical team with gowning or gloving.
  • Assist with patient resuscitation during cardiac arrest or other life-threatening events.
  • Monitor and maintain aseptic technique throughout procedures.

  • Assist healthcare practitioners during surgery.
  • Implement advanced life support techniques.