Surgical assistant

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Surgical technician assistant ( OTA ) is a medical assistant profession in Germany. Surgical technical assistants take on the tasks of surgical nurses within a hospital. Entry requirement is an intermediate level of education . The training on the basis of a recommendation by the German Hospital Society (DKG) lasts three years, and state recognition is sought.

Requirements for admission to training

The prerequisite is the suitability for health and a secondary school leaving certificate or an equivalent or another completed ten-year schooling. Alternatively, a secondary school diploma or equivalent schooling may be sufficient, provided that vocational training with a planned duration of at least two years has been successfully completed or permission to work as a nursing assistant is available. Young people must present a medical certificate in accordance with Section 23 of the Youth Labor Protection Act.

Duration and structure of the training

The training lasts three years. It comprises a minimum of 1600 hours of theoretical instruction and practical training of at least 3000 hours. The training follows the recommendations of the German Hospital Society.

Content of the training

Among other things, the following subjects are taught as recommended by the DKG:

Basic subjects:

Professional subjects:

Additional subjects:

The practical training takes place in several departments and surgical disciplines and includes a general instrument internship.

exams

The final exam consists of a written, an oral and a practical part. In the final grade for the theoretical skills, performance certificates accompanying the training are taken into account. A certificate and a certificate are issued for the passed final examination.

activities

The tasks of an OTA include the preparation of the instruments and devices before the operation, the instrumentation and jump activities during the operation as well as the disposal and sterilization of the instruments after the operation.

When working in the operating room , all employees wear so-called area clothing ( tunic , trousers, as well as a hood and mouth and nose protection ). Those directly involved in the operation (surgeon, assistants and instrument operators) also wear sterile gloves and a sterile gown.

As a rule, a doctor as the surgeon and, depending on the size of the operation, one to three assistants (doctors, students or surgical-technical assistants ) are present during an operation , as well as an "instrumental force" (preparation and presentation of instruments, sutures, etc.) .), a jumper , an anesthetist and an anesthesiologist. The jumper does the work that does not require sterile clothing, e.g. B. Presenting material to the instrumenting force from the outer packaging.

Surgical assistants can also work outside of the operating room in other functional areas, e.g. B. in endoscopy, ambulance or emergency room and in the central sterile supply department (CSSD).

See also

literature

  • Benny Neukamm, Yahya Cerrahoglu, Eva Klingmann, Nadine Steiner: On the historical traces of OR care . In OP 4 (2014), pp. 210–214. doi: 10.1055 / s-0034-1387890

Textbooks

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ DKG recommendation for the training and testing of surgical assistants (PDF; 1.6 MB)
  2. ↑ surgeon's assistant in Berufenet the Federal Employment Agency
  3. ↑ List of theoretical and practical contents
  4. ↑ Hygiene requirements for operations and other invasive interventions ( Memento of the original from December 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 96 kB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.emtec.de
  5. ↑ Marija Kucharek, Wolf-Ulrich Heitland, Helmut Waldner: Textbook for nursing staff Urban & Fischer Verlag / Elsevier GmbH, 3rd edition 2008, ISBN 3-437-25032-9