Surgical Technology - Medical Careers Institute

If you are a person who wants a valued and rewarding career in the medical field, and if you want to be part of the important and dynamic action in todays surgical operating room teams, then a career in Surgical Technology might be right for you.

Surgical Technologists are also known as scrubs or surgical or operating room technicians. They assist in surgical operations under the direction of surgeons, registered nurses, physicians assistants, or other surgical personnel. A surgical technologist, working with their team, would:

• Prepare the OR by setting up surgical instruments, sterile drapes, equipment and solutions; assemble both sterile and non-sterile equipment, and check equipment for proper functioning
• Prepare patients for surgery, transporting them to the OR room, positioning them on the operating table, and draping patients
• During operations, hold and pass instruments and sterile supplies to surgeons, and assist with the operating process by holding retractors, cutting sutures, counting sponges, needles and supplies
• Operate lights, suction machines, and diagnostic equipment used during procedures
• Join a profession that makes a major contribution to the success and effectiveness of modern surgeries!

About Medical Careers Institute

A degree from Medical Careers Institute prepares you for success in healthcare. Choose between day and evening classes taught in MCI's state-of-the-art teaching labs.

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