Halton Healthcare Services Welcome to the Surgical Program at
Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital
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What to expect when your child comes for surgery! Preparing you
and your child for their surgery at the Oakville Trafalgar Memorial
Hospital: The Day Before Surgery On the day of Surgery Going
Home
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Halton Healthcare Services The night before surgery your child
should NOT * Eat anything after midnight (This includes milk or any
liquid you cant see through) * Drink any clear fluids within 2
hours of their operation
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Halton Healthcare Services On the Day of surgery. Come to
Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital at 327 Reynolds Street
Visitors parking is available on Reynolds St. south of MacDonald
St
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Enter the hospital... Through the main entrance off the
Reynolds Street parking lot Dont forget to wash your hands!
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Take the elevator to the 2 nd floor And follow the arrows on
the floor to the Pre-Admission Clinic Pre - Admit
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Halton Healthcare Services The Pre-Admission Clinic staff will
register your child and direct you both to the Surgical Waiting
Room Dont forget to take a ticket
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Here a volunteer will help! The volunteer will guide you and
your child where to change You can help your child change into the
hospital gown
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Halton Healthcare Services Once your child has changed, the
volunteer will then guide you and your child into the Surgical Day
Care area where you will be seated to wait for the nurse
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Then youll meet your Surgical Day Care nurse The nurse will ask
you and your child if they have had a recent fever, cough or
illness The nurse will also take your childs temperature, pulse,
blood pressure and ask you a few other questions
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Halton Healthcare Services The Operating Room nurse and doctors
will come and speak to you and your child where you are seated in
the Surgical Day Care Area We encourage children to bring a
favorite comforting toy that will go into the Operating Room with
them
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For your childs comfort, A numbing cream is applied to your
childs hand for the IV And in the Operating Room sleeping medicine
is given through a mask
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Halton Healthcare Services While in the Waiting Room t he
tracking board will show where your child is. This information is
coded for your privacy Instructions for use are posted by the
tracking board
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Halton Healthcare Services A volunteer will escort you to the
Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) after your childs surgery You can
stay in PACU with your child to provide comfort A PACU nurse will
be dedicated to your childs care and will be able to answer your
questions
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Halton Healthcare Services Some children in the PACU: Wear a
mask to help with breathing Have an IV in their arm to give them
fluids. The IV will come out before they go home
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Halton Healthcare Services When your child is fully awake, s/he
will go on a stretcher/crib to the Surgical Day Care (SDC) Your
child will be discharged home from SDC LATER,
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Halton Healthcare Services Patient Discharge Information Will
be given prior to discharge A date for your childs follow up visit
with their physician will also be provided
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Halton Healthcare Services Some times the surgeon decides a
child should stay overnight for close observation When this happens
your child will be brought from Surgical Day Care or PACU to the
in-patient pediatric unit
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On the Inpatient Pediatric Unit Your child will stay overnight
and be discharged the next morning
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For children staying over night, Parents are encouraged to
participate in care 24/7. Every effort will be made to find a cot
for you to sleep in overnight. Visiting for others are 11:00am
2:00pm and 4:00-8:00pm 2 visitors at a time Please remind visitors
NOT to visit if they are unwell!
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Prepare for your childs return home by Stocking up on clear
fluids (drinks you can see through), ice chips, and freezies the
night before surgery Getting discharge information and
prescriptions if needed before leaving the unit Filling
prescriptions before going home
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Helpful Links for children Going to the Hospital @
http://kidshealth.org/kid/feel_better/pla
ces/hospital.html?tracking=K_RelatedArti cle Things to prepare your
child for surgery @ http://surgery.about.com/od/pediatricsur
gery/ss/PreparingPeds_4.htm
http://surgery.about.com/od/pediatricsur
gery/ss/PreparingPeds_4.htm