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Physician Assistant, Cardiac Surgery HackensackUMC FT
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- Formulate a list of problems from this information, coupled with any available diagnostic tests and imaging studies.
- A physician assistant may assist a supervising surgeon in the operating room when a qualified assistant physician is not required by the board of medical examiners and a second assistant is deemed necessary by the supervising surgeon.
- Within the various treatment areas the clinical duties specific for physician assistants with the division of Cardiac Surgery at Hackensack University Medical Center and The heart and Vascular Hospital will be as follows: Cardiothoracic Operating Room: 1.
- harvest and preparation of saphenous vein for coronary artery bypass grafting including use of endoscopic techniques; removal of radial artery for use as bypass conduit; function as first, second, or third assistant in all phases of surgery.
- Admits new patients and institutes preop procedures including: history and physical exam, confirms blood supply for the next day's surgical patients, provides an X-ray for each patient on the surgical schedule, assists in obtaining the consent for surgery, and evaluates all blood work to confirm that there is nothing that prohibits a patient from going to surgery.
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