Postoperative Care
Postoperative Care
PACU Progression
- Post-anesthesia phase I
- Initial recovery period in PACU
- Hand-off report
- Nursing care focus
- Immediate postoperative care
- Constant vigilance is required
- ECG and more intense monitoring required
- Immediate postoperative care
- Transitioning the patient to Phase II
- Equipment required
- Various types and sizes of artificial airways
- Ventilator
- Various means of oxygen delivery
- Pulse oximeter
- Suction equipment
- Means to measure BP and vital signs
- ECG monitor/defibrillator
- Pulmonary artery catheters, arterial/central lines supplies
- IV supplies
- Stock medications
- Means to address hypo- or hyperthermia
- PACU Admission report
- General information
- Patient name
- Age
- Surgeon
- Surgical procedure
- Patient history
- Indication for surgery
- Medical history
- Current medications
- Allergies
- Intraoperative management
- Anesthetic medications used
- Other medications received
- Blood loss
- Fluid replacement
- Urine output
- Intraoperative course
- Unexpected anesthetic events or reactions
- Unexpected surgical events
- Vital signs and trends
- Results of intraoperative laboratory tests
- General information