Provides wound exposure through proper use of retractors so surgeon may clearly view operative site. Opens sterile supplies and sets up for procedures. Prepares rooms with appropriate instruments, sutures, supplies, and equipment necessary for area of specialty. Provides aid in exposure, hemostastis, closure, and other intraoperative duties, as well, as preoperative and postoperative duties under the direction and supervision of the surgeon. First Assistant is a member of the surgical team and provides knowledge of surgical anatomy, operative techniques related to the operative procedure. “Through this online program, I not only have the chance to increase my skills and advance in my career, I can take classes during the day when it’s most convenient for my schedule.SUMMARY: Under the direction and supervision of the surgeon, the certified first assist will collaborate with the surgeon in performing a safe surgical procedure to maximize patient outcomes. J’Shaun Bedoni is one student who is enhancing her career while serving as a Surgical Technologist at Four Corners Ambulatory Surgery Center, LLC. Offering the program online provides an opportunity for students to advance their career while working in the field. Students in the First Assistant program can continue working while earning the Surgical Assisting certificate. Some Surgical First Assistants even own their own business contracting directly with surgeons. There are a variety of employment options for Surgical First Assistants, including hospital operating and delivery rooms, physicians' offices, and outpatient or ambulatory surgery centers. Students are required to assist in 140 surgical procedures, complete the degree requirements and finish the online didactics with hands-on lab training, at approved healthcare facilities near the students’ home. The natural progression in the career field is as a Surgical First Assistant, which can be completed online within one year. Since 2007, San Juan College has provided an accredited Surgical Technologist program, which takes an average of two years to complete, including prerequisite courses. The first assistant should be a trained individual who is able to participate in and actively assist the surgeon in completing the operation safely and expeditiously by helping to provide exposure, maintain hemostasis, and serve other technical functions.” “Prior to entering the profession, leadership skills and experience as a surgical tech or other operating room professional, is required. “A surgical First Assistant is not considered to be an entry level position,” explains Powell. Under direct and indirect supervision of the surgeon, surgical first assistants provide the surgeon with hands-on support with vital tasks from pre-operative to post-operative procedures, including hemostasis, closure, and other intraoperative technical functions. Overall, the resources of hospitals are diminishing but the need for quality patient care will continue to grow.”
“The importance of utilizing qualified surgical assistants is increasing as communities confront a decrease in the number of surgeons. “The need for Surgical First Assistants continues to grow,” says Lydell Powell, Surgical First Assistant instructor and program coordinator. San Juan College answered the demand by creating the new online program earlier this year, allowing students from across the nation to earn their credential as a CSFA (Certified Surgical First Assistant).
San Juan College has the only online Surgical First Assistant program located in the Southwestern part of the United States.
The new online Surgical First Assistant program at San Juan College gives operating room healthcare professionals the opportunity to enhance their career and take their profession to the next level.
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