PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) -Gulf Coast State College is working on adding more surgical technologists to the medical field. “We actually have two programs we have a surgical technology program and ...

Properly trained certified surgical first assistants can greatly improve operating room efficiency, physician satisfaction and, most importantly, patient outcome and care, according to Debra Woods, ...

The present as well as the future holds exciting opportunities for advanced practice nurses (APNs), not the least of which is participation during surgery as a first assistant. In 1990, when the ...

HERRIN, IL (WSIL) - Hospitals across the U.S. are dealing with a shortage of surgical techs. Even locally, there is a shortage, but to solve the problem SIH is looking internally. It's time to scrub ...