Surgical Technologist
CurrentPreoperatively, select and prepare equipment, instruments, medications, materials and the aseptic environment necessary for surgical procedures. Operatively, provide direct patient care assisting Surgeons with: the passing of instruments, in the proper sequence, anticipating the next step, holding retractors or instruments, sponging or suctioning operative site, applying electro-cautery to clamps on bleeders, cutting suture material, assisting with skin closure, and applying dressing to closed wound.