2730 Pierce Street • Sioux
City, Iowa • Phone 712-294-7777
Suffering from a Cold, Fever or Sickness?
If you experience any health problems before surgery, please notify your doctor.
The Day Before Your Surgery
A nurse from Pierce Street Same Day Surgery will
contact you by telephone. The nurse will:
- Tell you when to arrive at
the
Pierce Street Center — usually one
hour prior to your surgery unless you need
to come earlier
for testing.
- Instruct you how to prepare for surgery.
- Gain information about your health history.
- Obtain the names of medications you are now
taking. The amount and how often and why you
are taking them.
- Learn
if you
have allergies.
- Obtain information on your previous surgical
experiences, including any
problems you may have had with anesthesia.
It is helpful
to know if anyone in your immediate family
has a history of problems with anesthesia.
If
we have not reached you by 4 p.m.
call Pierce
Street Same Day Surgery at 712-294-7777.
Personal Checklist
- Bring your insurance, Medicare, or Medicaid
card.
- Bring test results that your doctor may have
given to you.
- Leave your watch, jewelry and other valuables
at home.
- Wear simple clothes.
- Bring slippers or warm socks to wear.
- Don't bring pajamas, gowns or robes since
we supply those.
- Make sure you have an adult to drive you
home and stay with you the night following
your surgery.
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