Surgical assisting definition
Surgical assisting means providing aid under direct supervision in exposure, hemostasis, and other intraoperative technical functions that assist a physician in performing a safe operation with optimal results for the patient, including the delegated authority to provide local infiltration or the topical application of a local anesthetic at the operation site. This term is synonymous with "first assisting."
Examples of Surgical assisting in a sentence
Surgical assisting is a core component of all Physician Assistant education.