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POST ANESTHETIC CARE Post Anesthetic Care Unit Following surgery, patients of The Moncton Hospital are taken to the Post Anesthetic Care Unit (PACU) to recover from surgery. The PACU is an intensive care unit that may care for up to 20 patients at one time. It is staffed by registered nurses and a licensed practical nurse who work closely with the anesthesiologists and the surgeons. Visitors are not permitted in the PACU although some exceptions may apply with patients who are children. The unit is located outside the Operating Room on the first floor of the hospital. Patients remain in the unit until their condition is stable. The average length of stay is 30 minutes to one hour. Family and friends of patients undergoing surgery may wait in the Post-Operative Information Room located on the first floor before you turn down the hallway to the Operating Room. This waiting room is usually staffed Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. by volunteers who are able to contact the PACU every half hour for updates on patients who are out of surgery. If there is no volunteer present and the desk phone is ringing, please answer it, as it may be staff looking for family. Family and friends often wish to speak with the physician following surgery. Every effort is made for this to happen, but it is not always possible as the physician may be called away to an emergency or may have another surgery to perform. Unless directed by staff, do not leave the waiting room if a request to speak to the physician has been made.  Back to top |
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Patients are brought to the Post Anesthetic Care Unit, an intensive care unit, to recover from surgery.
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