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Preop Preparation Diet

Preop Preparation

Diet

  1. NPO past midnight

  2. empty water pitcher

  3. not swallow H2O after brushing teeth

Bowel prep.

  1. go lytely

  2. laxatives – dulcolax suppository

  3. enemas – can get fluid deficit & vit K deficiency (no more than 3 enemas) enemas is tiring

  4. antibiotics – Neomycin, Kamtrex work on colon (not give bad diarrhea)

  5. skin prep – clippers on surgery table

  6. psychological preparation – use touch backrub, discuss fears, let pt make decisions to promote self worth, let children play beforehand

  7. final preparation – may need to shave head (save hair & put in bag pinned to chart for wig), don't shave eyebrows


Preanesthetic Medication

On call

Purposes

Maalox, sodium citrate (Bicitra), cimetidine (Tagamet), famotidine (Pepcid), rantidine (Zantac),

meoclopramide (Reglan)

Barbituates / tranquilizers – secobarbital (Seconal), pentobarbitol (Nembutal)

Antianxiety – diazepam (Valium)

pt will forget some things prior to surgery (after surgery amnesia), warn about tests, time of surgery noted, bath before surgery – Hibiclens scrub 3x prior to surgery, use side rails to get up, turn to side, give sedation night before surgery (?), check pt ID band, take jewelry off & send home or lock up,

wigs off, pins in hair out, remove nail polish, teeth partials out, antiembolic stockings presurgery training


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