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Automation Squad

Role

AI for Surgical Assistants

Robert MacKelfresh

By Robert MacKelfresh

Founder, Automation Squad

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.

Surgical Assistants · O*NET 29-9093.00 · Job Zone 3 · sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor occupation database

Automation coverage

6 of 10tools on this list have an AI solution available today

Counted by matching the tools this occupation is documented as using against a corpus of 226,452 AI products, MCP servers, skills and connectors. Where a tool has no match, we say so rather than inventing one.

AI you can use for this job

12 matched to the tools surgical assistants use. Showing 12.

  • Acuity Scheduling

    MCP server

    Easy online appointment scheduling software. Save time by having clients book appointments, complete custom intake forms, and pay in advance 24/7 anywhere in the world.

    Acuity Scheduling

  • Microsoft Excel

    MCP server

    Microsoft's Excel is a spreadsheet application used by millions of users across the world. It is part of the Office ecosystem and is considered the industry standard for spreadsheets. Only files on OneDrive for Business (available with Office 365 and Sharepoint server) are su

    Microsoft Excel

  • Office Powerpoint

    MCP server

  • Powerpoint

    MCP server

  • Aesthetic Record EMR

    MCP server

    Aesthetic Record EMR is A Complete Practice Management & EMR Solution in the Industry. Software Designed To Make Growing Your Aesthetic Practice Easy.

    Aesthetic Record EMR

  • Excel

    MCP server

  • Excel

    Skill

  • Medidata

    Connector

    Medidata provides clinical trial software solutions

    Medidata

  • Microsoft 365 Excel

    App

    Make (make.com)

  • PowerOffice

    App

    Make (make.com)

  • Spreadsheet

    Skill

  • Spreadsheetcom

    App

The tools this job actually uses

10 documented for this occupation. Showing 10, hot technologies first. A filled dot means an AI solution exists for it.

  • MEDITECH softwarehot
  • Microsoft Excelhot
  • Microsoft Office softwarehot
  • Microsoft PowerPointhot
  • Electronic medical record EMR software
  • Nursing documentation software
  • Patient scheduling software
  • Patient tracking software
  • Supply documentation software
  • Surgery workflow communication software

What this job involves

28 documented tasks, most important first. Showing 24.

  1. Verify the identity of patient or operative site.
  2. Monitor and maintain aseptic technique throughout procedures.
  3. Cover patients with surgical drapes to create and maintain a sterile operative field.
  4. 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.
  5. Maintain an unobstructed operative field, using surgical retractors, sponges, or suctioning and irrigating equipment.
  6. Prepare and apply sterile wound dressings.
  7. Apply sutures, staples, clips, or other materials to close skin, facia, or subcutaneous wound layers.
  8. 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.
  9. Determine availability of necessary equipment or supplies for operative procedures.
  10. Clamp, ligate, or cauterize blood vessels to control bleeding during surgical entry, using hemostatic clamps, suture ligatures, or electrocautery equipment.
  11. Assess skin integrity or other body conditions upon completion of the procedure to determine if damage has occurred from body positioning.
  12. Assist with patient resuscitation during cardiac arrest or other life-threatening events.
  13. Obtain or inspect sterile or non-sterile surgical equipment, instruments, or supplies.
  14. Operate sterilizing devices.
  15. Pass instruments or supplies to surgeon during procedure.
  16. Monitor patient intra-operative status, including patient position, vital signs, or volume and color of blood.
  17. Remove patient hair or disinfect incision sites to prepare patient for surgery.
  18. Incise tissue layers in lower extremities to harvest veins.
  19. Assist in the insertion, positioning, or suturing of closed-wound drainage systems.
  20. Assist members of surgical team with gowning or gloving.
  21. Gather, arrange, or assemble instruments or supplies.
  22. Coordinate with anesthesia personnel to maintain patient temperature.
  23. Adjust and maintain operating room temperature, humidity, or lighting, according to surgeon's specifications.
  24. Assist in applying casts, splints, braces, or similar devices.
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