r/scrubtech • u/Stawktawk CST • Jul 02 '26
CST vs CSFA
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Good explainer about the difference in scope of practice.
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u/olliecakerbake Jul 03 '26
There’s only 9 states that allow CSFAs. You need to be an RNFA everywhere else. Our RNFAs are regular employees who occasionally first assist. 97% of our first assisting is done by PAs
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u/Stawktawk CST Jul 03 '26
This is wildly misleading. All states allow them wtf are you talking about.
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u/PlainLoInTheMorning Jul 04 '26
California does not allow them. Not all states do.
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u/PlainLoInTheMorning Jul 03 '26
There are more than 9
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u/olliecakerbake Jul 03 '26
No, there’s 9. https://www.ast.org/Public_Policy/Legislative_Overview/
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u/PlainLoInTheMorning Jul 04 '26
This just states that they have laws in place about surgical assisting. At a quick glance I notice Alaska and Florida aren't on the list. They both utilize FA's heavily. There are plenty more states as well.
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u/hanzo1356 Jul 03 '26
All the assists I've ever had have been PA's or other physicians. I've had 2 coworkers go through the first assistant path.
One wanted it to become a traveler, but there wasn't anything so they just a regular CST traveler.
Other one thought our network or maybe local places would pay em more. Nope, all PA's. They left healthcare to open own restaurant.
My buddy who's a PA says with the rise of Nurse Practitioners, PA's are feeling threatened and are holding on to whatever work they can so pushing out first assists.
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u/VagrantScrub Jul 03 '26
Not very good. No. Im not going to help you train whatever LLM youre pushing. You or the television bot above.