Post Anesthesia Care Unit

Patient population

All age group; mixed gender Post surgical/procedural patients

Hours of operation

24 hours / 7 days per week

Number of beds

16 and 3 in Labour and Delivery

Occupancy Rate

1000 cases per month

Staff categories

Registered Nurse

Primary patient diagnoses

• General Surgery

• Gynecology / OB

• Genito-Urology

• Orthopedics

• Plastics

• Burns/plastic and reconstruction surgery

• Neurosurgery

• Thoracic
  

• Vascular

• Ophthalmology
  

• ENT

• Maxillofacial surgery

• Dental Surgery

• Pediatrics

• Organ Transplants (e.g. kidney)

• Laser Surgery
  

• Minimally Invasive Procedures (laparoscopic/endoscopic/robotic)

• Trauma

• C-Sections

Procedures

Post Anesthetic Recovery care of post surgical/procedural patients who had received:

• General Anesthesia

• Regional – Spinal, Epidural, Caudal..etc.

• I.V. Sedation (MAC)

• Local Anesthetic

Nursing care Delivery system

Total Patient Care in a Partnership Model