Surgical Assistants
Healthcare Practitioners and TechnicalAI Impact Assessment
This job is relatively safe from AI automation and may even benefit from AI tools.
Surgical Assistants with an AI automation risk score of 32%. Analysis includes 28 core tasks.
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Key Tasks
Assist with patient resuscitation during cardiac arrest or other life-threatening events.
Assist in volume replacement or autotransfusion techniques.
Remove patient hair or disinfect incision sites to prepare patient for surgery.
Pass instruments or supplies to surgeon during procedure.
Transport patients to operating room.
Assess skin integrity or other body conditions upon completion of the procedure to determine if damage has occurred from body positioning.
Operate sterilizing devices.
Coordinate with anesthesia personnel to maintain patient temperature.
Upskilling Courses
Data Sources
Analysis based on O*NET data