Inpatient care. Patients with pericardial effusion who present with significant symptoms or cardiac tamponade require emergent treatment and admission to the intensive care unit (ICU). The pericardial catheter (if placed) should be removed within 24-48 hours to avoid infection.
Duties and Responsibilities. Surgical assistants help surgeons to do their jobs safely and effectively. They may assist with any surgical discipline, such as neurosurgery, orthopedic surgery, trauma surgery, or plastic surgery.Surgical assistants determine what equipment is needed for any given surgical procedure.uties and Responsibilities. Surgical assistants help surgeons to do their jobs safely and effectively. They may assist with any surgical discipline, such as neurosurgery, orthopedic surgery, trauma surgery, or plastic surgery.
Assisting with Minor Office Surgery. As a medical assistant in a doctor's office, you may be asked to perform certain tasks that deal with minor surgery.These tasks may include filing insurance forms, collecting signed consent forms, and explaining to the patient the procedure, risks factors and outpatient treatment after surgery.here are two types of surgical procedures that can be done in a doctor's office. The first type can achieved without any form of general anesthesia and the second form can be done with the help of a local anesthesia.