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Physician Assistant - Michele

Physician assistants are health care professionals licensed, or in the case of those employed by the federal government they are credentialed, to practice medicine with physician supervision. As part of their comprehensive responsibilities, PAs conduct physical exams, diagnose and treat illnesses, order and interpret tests, counsel on preventive health care, assist in surgery, and write prescriptions. Within the physician-PA relationship, physician assistants exercise autonomy in medical decision making and provide a broad range of diagnostic and therapeutic services. A PA's practice may also include education, research, and administrative services.

Surgical Assistant - Jayson

A Surgical Assistant assists in the performance of any surgical procedure, working under the surgeon’s direction. The Surgical Assistant acts as a first or second assistant to the surgeon in the following capacities:

• has extensive knowledge of anatomy and physiology
• scrubs for operative procedures
• assists in moving and positioning the patent for surgery
• assists the surgeon in draping of the patient
• retracts tissue and exposes operating field area during operative procedures
• clamps and ties blood vessels to control bleeding during surgical entry
• keeps the operative area dry
• affords the surgeon the best possible exposure of the anatomy incident to the operation
• assists the surgeon in identifying any structure that should not be ligated and keeps those structures from the operative site by retraction
• has knowledge in all surgical procedures sufficient to assist the surgeon in any way
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