Nurse Kasey walks through pre-surgery prep: confirming dates and times, checking allergies and medications for blood thinners, getting specialist clearances, ordering imaging like CT scans, and calling patients the day before to confirm they'll show up.
Hey Casey, could you just tell me a little bit about how you prepare our patients for surgery day? Sure. We go over the date and time to make sure it's a good for the patient. And then I kind of go over all the allergies, make sure that the medications are up to date and if there are any blood thinners, as well as I make sure they're seeing any specialists, that we kind of get a release letter that they'll be able to proceed with surgery. And then I'll let them know when the surgery will be, when pre op will be, and then if they need a CT scan for the upcoming surgery so we can get that all prepared. And then let them know that I will call them the day before surgery for their time of arrival and then get them all set up.
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