Orthopedic Clinic Preoperative Check List - Total Hip Replacement HF#6961

Please be sure to set up your physical therapy appointments at your local place.  These visits should begin 10 – 14 days after your surgery date.

 

To: ___________________________________________________
Your surgery is scheduled on: ___________________________________
Your Orthopedic Pre-Surgical Visits are scheduled for: ______________

 

Orthopedic Clinic Preoperative Check List

______ Stop at Admissions.  It is behind the information desk at the Main

            Hospital Entrance. If there is time, you may go there before your

            Orthopedic Clinic visit.

______ Meet with a Physician Assistant in the Orthopedic Clinic H4/2.

______ Attend a class about total joint replacement surgery - you will be

            scheduled for one of these:

______ A Learning Center class in the Orthopedic Clinic H4/2 or
______ A class on the Orthopedic In-patient Unit B6/4. Take the B 
             elevators to 4th floor.

______ Meet with a Social Worker in the Orthopedic Clinic H4/2.

______ Make a 2 week post-op appointment at the Orthopedic Clinic H4/2 front
            desk.

 

 

Your Physician Assistant or Clinic Nurse will tell you if you need to have any tests, x-rays, or labs drawn or meet with the Anesthesia Nurses (locations below).

______ X-ray is in J5/2. This is just past the Orthopedic Clinic Entrance.

______ Clinics Lab is in G5/2. This is within the Orthopedic Clinic H4/2 area. It

            is also in the same area as Outpatient Surgery near the Clinics

            Information desk.

______ EKG (electrocardiogram) is in the Heart & Vascular Clinic.  Take the
            Atrium Way elevators to the 4th floor to get to this clinic.

______ Anesthesia Nurses is in G5/2. This is in the Outpatient Surgery

            Center near the Clinics Information desk.

 

Please come for your visits at your scheduled time.  The visits may take 4-6 hours.  Feel free to eat before you come.  Also, please take your normal medicines.

 

Please read your Patient’s Guide to Total Hip Replacement booklet to help you prepare for your clinic visits.  Please write down any questions you have and bring them with your booklet to your clinic visits.

If you can’t keep an appointment, please call the Orthopedic Clinic at
(608) 263-8306.

 

Things to bring with you:

 

 

The information provided should not be used during any medical emergency or for the diagnosis or treatment of any medical condition. A licensed physician should be consulted for diagnosis and treatment of any and all medical conditions. Call 911 for all medical emergencies. Any duplication or distribution of the information contained herein is strictly prohibited.

Last Updated: 06/05/2013

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