Apply bandages, dressings, or splints.

Apply bandages, dressings, or splints. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 11 occupations and seen in 12 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Administer basic health care or medical treatments. in Assisting and Caring for Others .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 12 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 0 (0%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

The Anthropic Economic Index observes real AI use on 1 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.002% per task.

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Prepare dressings or bandages and apply or assist with their application following surgery. · Surgical Technologists · importance 4.7 · no direct exposure
• Prepare and apply sterile wound dressings. · Surgical Assistants · importance 4.7 · no direct exposure
• Provide basic patient care or treatments, such as taking temperatures or blood pressures, dressing wounds, treating bedsores, giving enemas or douches, rubbing with alcohol, massaging, or performing catheterizations. · Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses · importance 4.5 · no direct exposure
• Change dressings on wounds. · Medical Assistants · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
• Dress and suture wounds and apply splints or other protective devices. · Veterinary Technologists and Technicians · importance 4.2 · no direct exposure
• Perform primary care procedures such as suturing, splinting, administering immunizations, taking cultures, and debriding wounds. · Nurse Practitioners · importance 4.2 · no direct exposure
• Apply protective or injury preventive devices, such as tape, bandages, or braces, to body parts, such as ankles, fingers, or wrists. · Athletic Trainers · importance 4.2 · no direct exposure
• Administer first aid in emergency situations. · Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Apply clean dressings, slings, stockings, or support bandages, under direction of nurse or physician. · Nursing Assistants · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Assist in applying casts, splints, braces, or similar devices. · Surgical Assistants · importance 3.9 · no direct exposure
• Change dressings. · Home Health Aides · importance 3.6 · no direct exposure
• Suggest and apply the use of supports such as straps, tapes, bandages, or braces if necessary. · Chiropractors · importance 3.4 · no direct exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Surgical Technologists
• Surgical Assistants
• Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
• Medical Assistants
• Veterinary Technologists and Technicians
• Nurse Practitioners
• Athletic Trainers
• Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling
• Nursing Assistants
• Home Health Aides
• Chiropractors

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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