I created this account to talk about what I do for a living as a traveling Certified Surgical First Assistant. I also like to share my lifestyle and what I do on a daily basis. I hope you enjoy viewing my videos as much as I enjoy making them for you.
Hello Alejandra, i have a question, You can work in a only one medical Center or clínic? And in a only one city? Or this type of contracts make You travel across they country? Thanks for You answer Bye 😊
Hey, I I’ve watched your videos and I have many questions. Do you have an email I could possibly contact you by? I’m about to graduate from undergrad this august and I’m just trying to get better understandings.
can any international students get job here in US i have experience more than 3 years as a first assistant in orthopedic surgery but basically from Pakistan but job doing in saudia Arabia
Thank you 🥺🫶🏾 sometimes I doubt myself I have wanted to quit school so many times, wondering if I'm even capable, something telling me to just give up. It is not easy but I made it this far I HAVE to keep going and I WILL succeed 🎓🗞🙏🏾
Hello, I am a new student still in theory for surgical technology. I don't start clinicals for another 6 months. Do you have any advice you can share that would have helped you when you first started please? For context I live in California and I worked as a healthcare recruiter before I decided to start surgical tech school.
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I wanted to know how long did it take you to feel comfortable with cases before deciding to travel. Do you have to learn ALL cases or just specialize in certain ones?
I started traveling 1.5 year of working and being certified. I felt comfortable traveling with what I knew. So travel agencies make you fill out competency checklists and you also fill out what specialties you’re comfortable doing. You have to be honest with what you know. And some job postings have the specialties listed on their like orthopedic/spine, plastics, etc. some are strictly CVOR so I will not apply to them. I’ve actually done neuro and cardiac surgery even though I have no experience. The surgeon was aware and I felt confident in my skills and it went fine. You can choose to specialize if you want.
Hello, Alejandra, I've seen you for a long time in your RU-vid videos and I find what you do very interesting. I would like to know if we could speak privately to ask you some questions related to your profession and if you accept, how I could contact you.
Don't ever let people talk down you, about the education you know you've earned! The OR can be so clique-ish sometimes. They also get upset knowing your hourly rate is double theirs!
Thanks for all of the advice! I had some questions for ya if you had time to answer them. Your videos are really nice that their current and you explain up to date things and nice job making it to be a surgical tech even thought it sounds like it’s been 3 years. I was wondering if you think a for profit college that costs 42,000 would be worth going to that lasts 1.5 years? Or what other things you would suggest or thing are better certificates or schools to go to? I’m in Oregon and although the pay can be better than a lot of states the school for things are soooo expensive. Thanks for any advice I’ll watch more of your videos. Thank you!
I appreciate how transparent you are. We all need to be aware of information like this….expenses and trying to stay afloat is CRUCIAL. I appreciate you. 😊
@@alejandragalvan2086 ok I must have heard you wrong. Question , so if I receive my credits from a school and take the test and pass the ncct. From what you’re saying there are facilities that will hire me to fulfill my clinicals ? And get paid? I’m also a travel sterile tech if that helps
@@TheJAGMUSIC you have your clinicals when you are attending whatever surgical program you choose. There are required hours you must meet before you even sit down for the exam. I am not a surgical tech nor did I go to school for that. This is just based on information I hear from other surgical techs. I had to get an X amount of hours before I was allowed to take my certification exam.
Hello I'm studying bs surgical technology i don't know about how to become surgical first assistant but with study I'm going to hospital for practice in OT I have gained alot of knowledge but I'm so confused after bs surgical technology what i do for surgical first assistant.
After you compote your program and get certified as a CST, you can work for a couple years to get experience and then find a surgical assistant program.
So you’re a First Assist without first being a Surgical Tech? I didn’t know that was possible. So do you close? Retract? How do you know the instrumentation? I hope this isn’t coming off rude, I’m genuinely curious.
The program I attended taught us everything we need to know. If you ever see a PA or NP work with the surgeon in the operating room, that is what I do. I do have a couple videos explaining my education and how I got into the program.
Hii🤗 quick and random question I hope you see ..do you remember learning about variety of suture and needle types/sizes? We are on this now and my head is about to explode, nothing new through the semester lol. We have a test coming up ig they are only going to show the suture and we have to identify it I don't really understand why bc the packages are labeled anyway we can only see and feel them like monocryl, biosyn, prolene, PDS /ethibond, nylon, etc etc. Any tips that helped you to recall and overall recognize? I understand it may just come with time like learning all the instruments, but I'm just a lil overwhelmed everything's happening superrr fast I hope I can keep up😩
Hey! Yes I do remember going over types of suture and their sizes. I think I remember making my own flashcards for memorizing suture. For example, monocryl is commonly used to close the skin. It’s absorbable and it’s a monofilament. Vicryl can be used to close fascia and muscle. It’s a multifilament and it is absorbable. And then silk is non absorbable and “natural” and can be used on bowel. I used the notes we used from class and used that information to study.
I’m looking into becoming a CST with the goal of traveling once I have enough experience. Not exactly the same thing as what you do, I know, but still pretty close. I doubt I’ll ever become a FA, but you never know. 😂 It’s interesting hearing what it’s like dealing with the recruiters & how things go at the assignments. Thanks for your videos. 🙂
In school for surg tech now🙋🏽♀️ traveling as a CST is defintely the goal for me too, these videos still are really helpful and I enjoy different perspectives we have different roles in the OR but all on the same team and motive of caring for the patient😉 (aeger primo)
@@dontjustbeanotherbrickinthewal I make sure I take a contract in an area where I can afford rent. I can afford anything below $1300/mo. Fortunately, I have been able to find furnished apartments with the prices I want. I go on furnished finder, Airbnb and check out facebook groups.
Great video, thank you so much for sharing. Can I ask you if there is any kind of a time for a typical case? Like is a typical case two hours four hours, etc.?
