How do they match: Surgical Assistants

  • 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.

  • Prepare and apply sterile wound dressings.
  • Remove patient hair or disinfect incision sites to prepare patient for surgery.

  • Prepare medical supplies or equipment for use.
  • Prepare patients physically for medical procedures.