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.
Dental assistants typically do the following: 1  Ensure that patients are comfortable in the dental chair. 2  Prepare patients and the work area for treatments and procedures. 3  Sterilize dental instruments. 4  Help dentists by handing them instruments during procedures. 5  Keep patientsâ mouths dry by using suction hoses and other equipment.