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Pre-Admission Call:
After you and your physician decide your date of
surgery, you will receive a call from a nurse at the Regional
Ambulatory Surgery Center. The nurse will take your medical and
surgical history. She will ask about your allergies. Please have
a list of your current medications. The list should include the
name of the medication, the dosage, and how many times a day you
take the medication.
The nurse will tell you what medications you will be allowed to
take on the morning of surgery. She may ask you to bring some
of your medications to the Surgery Center with you on the day
of surgery. You may be taking some medications which should not
be taken for several days prior to surgery. If you are taking
any of these medications, the nurse will tell you when to stop
taking them.
If you doctor orders bloodwork or an EKG, you will be directed
to go to the hospital of your choice to have these procedures
done, 5 - 7 days prior to your scheduled surgery.
The interviewing nurse will answer any questions that you may
have related to your upcoming surgery.
Pre-Op Call:
On the day before surgery, a nurse from the Surgery Center will
call you and confirm your surgery.
She will instruct you on what time you should report to the Surgery
Center.
Important
Instructions:
Even though everyone and every
case is unique, there are some common steps to follow before
surgery:
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