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The Ambulatory
Surgery Unit (ASU) admits and discharges one day and
surgical day care (SDC) patients. Patients of all ages
and complexity are provided service
for General Surgery, Gynecology, Vascular, Urology, Plastic, ENT, Ophthalmology,
Orthopedic and Podiatry. The primary focus of ASU is same day care patients,
although inpatient surgery may be performed in ASU as well. The ASU also provides
care to outpatients such as transfusions, infusions and recovery of interventional
radiology patients and SDC patients who have had surgery in the Main OR.
The care provided to our patients is a multi-disciplinary approach that focuses
on the patient and family. This includes pre operative teaching, anesthesia,
surgery and post operative care.
The ASU staff consists of a Nurse Manager, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants,
Technicians, RN’s, LPN’s, Central Schedulers, Unit Secretaries, and
Nursing Assistants. ASU is located on the third floor of the Medical Office Building.
The unit includes a reception area, waiting room, a five room pre op preparation
area, three operating
rooms, a five bed PACU I area and an eleven bed PACU II area. Central Scheduling
is also a part of ASU and is located within the suite. Central Schedulers are
responsible for booking all surgical procedures for Outpatient Procedures (OPP),
ASU and the Main OR. Pre Admission Testing appointments are also scheduled through
Central Scheduling.
Pre Admission Testing (PAT), is a part of ASU, and is located on the second floor
of the Medical Office Building. Nurse Practitioners and a Physician Assistant,
who practice under the direction of the Anesthesia Department, evaluate all patients
who are having elective surgery to ensure that the patients are optimized for
their surgical procedure.
Families play a key role in the Ambulatory Surgery Unit and are integrated into
the patients pre operative and post operative care and teaching, from the time
of PAT until discharge from ASU.
The hours of operation for the unit are 6am until 7:30pm excluding weekends and
holidays. We perform around 300 surgeries per month, and provide care for all
age groups from a few months old to patients in their 80’s and 90’s.
We have a friendly, experienced staff who are goal oriented to provide quality
care in a fast paced environment. We offer our patients early ambulation; early
reuniting with family members; and early discharge planning and teaching interventions
which is started in PAT. These all contribute to decreasing the amount of time
that the patient spends at the hospital the
day of surgery and increases the
amount of patient satisfaction.
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