Post Op Recovery Room

Phase i phase ii and extended care 5 each phase of recovery may occur in one pacu or in multiple locations.

Post op recovery room. The goal of this unit is to provide patient comfort in terms of pain and nausea control. These standards may be exceeded based on the judgment of the responsible anesthesiologist. Lists the appropriate discharge criteria for patients leaving the recovery room and day stay patients. Every patient undergoing general anaesthesia or central neuraxial blockade for surgery should be recovered in a designated area.

Phase ii recovery room day surgery recovery after you have been discharged from post anaesthesia care unit you will be transferred to the day surgery unit phase ii recovery. October 27 2004 download pdf. Phases of postanesthesia care. You may feel hazy or groggy as you come round from the general anaesthetic.

These standards apply to postanesthesia care in all locations. After your surgery you are brought to the recovery room which may be called the post anesthesia care unit pacu. You ll probably stay there for a couple of hours while you wake up from anesthesia. The recovery room also called a post anesthesia care unit pacu is a space a patient is taken to after surgery to safely regain consciousness from anesthesia and receive appropriate post operative care.

After surgery you ll be moved back to the ward after local anaesthetic or a recovery room after general anaesthetic or epidural where you ll be told how the operation went. October 23 2019 original approval. In the recovery room clinical staff will closely monitor you as you recover from anesthesia. The postanesthesia period may be separated into three levels of care.

These post anaesthesia care units or pacus should comply with the standards and recommendations described in these guidelines and the supplementary document. Explains the importance of following up patients in the ward after surgery. If necessary you may be transferred to the intensive care unit icu for further observation and care. Committee on standards and practice parameters last amended.