Tia Carpenter Csfa ,Cst Email and Phone Number

Twelve years of surgical experience as a Certified Surgical Assistant (CSFA) and Certified Surgical Technologist (CST). Specialties include orthopedics, neuro, plastics, and general surgery in a variety of medical facilities. Such as Level II to level IV trauma hospitals, teaching facilities, community hospital, ambulatory care centers both for profit and nonprofit.I hear a few of the skills that I have acquired over the last 12 years working in multiple different facilities, and also working in multiple positions within an operating room. My flexibility in the operating room has allowed me to gain a lot of knowledge not just in the surgical field, but also in the day-to-day running of an operating room.•. Closure from the fascial layer to the skin• Injection of local anesthetic• Ligation along with knowledge of stapling equipment for anastomosis on bowels• Manipulation of complex fractures• Coordination between surgeon, OR staff, sale rep, ect.• Knowledge and use of positioning equipment such as the Hana table / Mayfield headrest/ lithotomy/ the Jackson table• Closure of plastic procedures such as an abdominal plastic• Dissection total joints/spine cases• Harvesting bone graft mainly the iliac crest• Order of surgical procedures for the next day based off surgeon preference and efficiency• Passing of instrumentation • Putting together complex set ups• Turnover of OR• Prepare rooms for surgery• Knowledge of operating room equipment and usage • Operating camera equipment• Building trays and surgeon preference cards• Operating room efficiency• Staffing• Block time• Running the OR board• Patient flow• Inventory• Ordering