Plaig for Your Spie Surgery
About Our Uit Welcome to Sata Moica-UCLA Medical Ceter ad Orthopaedic Hospital ad thak you for puttig your trust i us for your spie surgery ad rehabilitatio. This brochure is desiged to explai what you should expect before, durig, ad after your hospital stay. Our missio is to esure you have the best possible patiet experiece ad outcome. We will strive to meet this goal by providig outstadig care ad service to help you achieve the highest possible level of fuctioig. Quick Referece Guide Orthopaedic ad Spie Uit (310) 319-4800 Admiistrative Nurse II (310) 319-1225 Rehabilitatio Services (310) 319-4605 Case Maager (310) 319-3325 Patiet Affairs (310) 319-4670 2
Before Your Surgery Please review the checklist below i preparatio for your surgery: Medical clearace your surgeo may recommed a geeral medical evaluatio by your primary care physicia to make sure you are healthy eough for surgery. Tests blood samples ad other tests, such as EKGs, echocardiograms or urie samples, may be required as part of your routie pre-operative evaluatio. Educatio visit our website, www.uclahealth.org/orthospieifo, for detailed iformatio about your hospital stay. Medicatios make a list of your medicatios ad brig it with you to our hospital. Please do NOT brig your medicatios. Our Pharmacy will provide your medicatios. If you have questios or cocers about drug availability, cosult with your physicia. About Your Care Braces your surgeo may recommed that you be fitted for a eck or back brace, if appropriate. Legth of stay pla to be i the hospital from 1 to 4 days, depedig o the type of surgery you are havig. Discharge plaig our goal is for you to retur home directly from the hospital, but placemet i a skilled ursig facility may be arraged, if ecessary. You may wat to arrage for help at home with activities of daily livig, icludig bathig, dressig, cookig ad shoppig, while you are recuperatig. Complicatios as with ay surgery, there is a possibility of complicatios, such as blood clots, ifectio ad lug cogestio. Be sure to review these risks with your physicia prior to surgery. WWW.UCLAHEALTH.ORG 1-800-UCLA-MD1 (1-800-825-2631) 3
Day of Surgery You will check i through our Admissios Departmet ad the be directed to our Procedure ad Treatmet Uit (PTU) to be prepped for surgery. Oe family member may accompay you to the PTU, where you will meet your pre-operative urse ad aesthesiologist. Oce your surgery is completed (usually 1-4 hours), you will be awakeed gradually i our Post-Aesthesia Care Uit (PACU). This process takes approximately 2 hours. No family members are allowed i this room. Your surgeo will brief your family while you are i our PACU. Oce you are awake, your vital sigs are stable ad your pai is well cotrolled, you will be trasported to your hospital room. Our staff will the focus o helpig you with pai cotrol, ausea maagemet, startig a liquid diet ad gettig restful sleep. 4
Our Care Team Durig your hospital stay, you will meet may members of our health care team who work together to provide you with excellet care. These iclude: Registered Nurse will be assessig your overall coditio, aswerig questios, commuicatig with your doctors ad givig you medicatios. Care Parter is resposible for takig care of your basic eeds, icludig takig vital sigs ad assistig with persoal hygiee ad toiletig. WWW.UCLAHEALTH.ORG 1-800-UCLA-MD1 (1-800-825-2631) 5
Residet Doctors your surgeo works with a team of residet doctors who will visit you daily ad ca be reached o a 24-hour basis. Uit Secretary this perso is based at the urse s statio ad will speak with you whe you use the call light. Physical Therapist if idicated, you will be visited by a physical therapist (PT) who will evaluate how well you ca move i bed ad walk. Occupatioal Therapist you may also be visited by a occupatioal therapist (OT) to evaluate how well you ca complete activities of daily livig, icludig dressig, bathig ad toiletig. Phlebotomist will take blood samples each morig as directed by your physicia. Case Maager will assist i plaig for your discharge to home or a rehab facility. Durable Medical Equipmet Vedor will coordiate orderig ad delivery of ay equipmet you may eed at home, icludig walkers, crutches, bedside commodes ad sock aids. After Surgery Day 1 Geerally, there will be activity/mobility precautios you will eed to follow to protect the surgical area while it is healig. These will be reviewed with you by oe of our team members. PT Evaluatio I most cases, you will be evaluated by a physical therapist to determie your ability to get out of bed ad walk, as tolerated. You will also be istructed i basic exercises ad, if applicable, your PT will assist you i properly puttig o ad takig off your eck or back brace. 6
OT Evaluatio you also may be evaluated by a occupatioal therapist to assess your ability to care for yourself. He or she will istruct you i the use of adaptive equipmet reacher, sock aid as eeded. Our ursig staff will cotiue to make sure your eeds are met ad your pai is well cotrolled. You will resume a ormal diet, as tolerated. After Surgery Day 2: Begi trasitio to oral pai medicatio. Resume ormal toiletig habits. Get up for all meals ad walk to the bathroom, as eeded. WWW.UCLAHEALTH.ORG 1-800-UCLA-MD1 (1-800-825-2631) 7
Our PT staff will cotiue workig with you o mobility ad preparig you for discharge, icludig techiques for gettig out of bed, improved walkig tolerace ad curb/stair traiig. You will be see by our PT staff daily while you are hospitalized or util you meet your physical therapy goals. After Surgery Day 3 ad Beyod: Cotiue plas of care as described above. Improve mobility Fialize discharge plas Talk with your surgeo about the timelie for returig to a higher level of daily activities, icludig workig, drivig ad more vigorous exercise. You will leave our hospital with all the iformatio you eed to esure a smooth trasitio to home or a rehab facility. Our goal is to help you resume a ormal, active lifestyle. UCLA Comprehesive Spie Ceter (310) 319-3475 (310) 319-4800 www.spieceter.ucla.edu Orthopaedic ad Spie Ipatiet Uit WWW.UCLAHEALTH.ORG 1-800-UCLA-MD1 (1-800-825-2631)