Patient Services

You will receive from your physician a pre-admission packet when your procedure is scheduled. The packet contains insurance forms and an anesthesia questionnaire that can be completed before you arrive for surgery. Additional information is included that is designed to make your stay at Surgical Center of TVH as enjoyable as possible.

Surgical Center of TVH offers pre-admission testing and pre-registration; both appointments can be scheduled within the two weeks prior to your procedure.

Pre-admission testing is offered Monday through Friday and should be scheduled by your doctor. During the approximately 90-minute pre-admission appointment, you will be interviewed by a nurse who will take your health history, vital signs and will order lab work and EKG as indicated. One of our staff MD anesthesiologists may wish to visit with you at this time.

During your 30-45 minute pre-registration appointment, you will sign consent forms and review the remainder of your admitting paperwork. Call 373-5056 to schedule this appointment at your convenience.

We will prepare you for your surgery in the pre-op area where you will be informed about what to expect before and after your procedure. Our goal is to minimize your anxiety by discussing the details of your visit. After vital signs and health history are taken and overall assessment made, an intravenous (IV) line may be started, pre-op medications given, EKG completed, and labs ordered. You will then meet with the anesthesiologist. If indicated, a nerve block or regional anesthesia may be administered under conscious sedation.

Your Surgical Center of TVH experience begins before you even arrive at our doors. A pre-admission testing Registered Nurse – working at the direction of one of our board certified physician anesthesiologists – will call you before your procedure to answer your questions and to learn about your medical condition and the medications you are taking. Anesthetic options, risks and benefits will be discussed. You will also be advised about which medications should be taken the morning of your surgery, when you should stop eating and drinking and when you should arrive at the facility. The physician anesthesiologist will be at your side from the time you enter the pre-op holding area until you are placed in the recovery unit, skillfully administering the anesthetic plan that has been formulated to best suit both you and your surgeon’s needs.

For more information regarding Anesthesiology please feel free to visit the American Society of Anesthesiologists website: http://www.asahq.org/Home/For-the-Public-and-Media.

The physicians on staff at SC-TVH perform an array of surgeries and procedures on an outpatient basis. Our board certified MD anesthesiologists will care for you individually throughout your operation. You and your family will also benefit from a low nurse-to-patient ratio.

The Post Anesthesia Care Unit is comprised of two phases:

Phase I is a calm environment where you will emerge from anesthesia. Here we begin to address pain control, prevent and/or treat nausea and deliver warming therapies. A Clinical Discharge Criteria Scoring System is used to evaluate your readiness to move to Phase II recovery where we discuss home care and pain management instructions.