Virtual Tour: Stop 1 - Pre-Op Nurse
This is a Virtual Tour of a surgery center in Atlanta, Georgia
You may also know the center by other names:
Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) or Same Day Surgery Center
Outpatient Surgery Center (OSC) or Orthopedic Surgery Center
Patients understandably have some anxieties about their surgical experience. Concerns range from: 'when do I show up' to 'what happens if I don't wake up?' Fortunately, Ambulatory Surgery Centers have been a means to provide patients with a safe outpatient experience and quickly get them on to their recovery.
A patient volunteered to allow us to follow him through the steps of his entire surgical experience, and document it, so that you might have a better idea of what the surgical process will be like and therefore be more at ease. He was having shoulder surgery.
Generally, a few days BEFORE your surgery, you will go to the ambulatory surgery center and have a pre-operative counselling session with the Pre-Op Nurse (Connie, above). She reviews your medical history and evaluates your case with regard to needed medical care and anesthesia care. This can take anywhere from 30 - 60 minutes.
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