How do they match: Surgical Technologists

  • Surgeon's Assistant
  • Surgical Assistant
  • Surgical First Assistant

  • Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons, registered nurses, or other surgical personnel. May help set up operating room, prepare and transport patients for surgery, adjust lights and equipment, pass instruments and other supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants, hold retractors, cut sutures, and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments.

  • Hand instruments and supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants, hold retractors and cut sutures, and perform other tasks as directed by surgeon during operation.
  • Observe patients' vital signs to assess physical condition.
  • Prepare dressings or bandages and apply or assist with their application following surgery.
  • Provide technical assistance to surgeons, surgical nurses, or anesthesiologists.
  • Scrub arms and hands and assist the surgical team to scrub and put on gloves, masks, and surgical clothing.

  • Assist healthcare practitioners during surgery.