Day of Surgery
Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento
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Plan to arrive at the hospital 2 hours prior to your scheduled surgery/procedure time.
Bring a picture ID and your insurance card/information.
Bring a copy of your Advance Directive for HealthCare.
Bring any x-rays, lab results or other papers that you doctor has given you.
Parking is $.50 per hour or daily maximum $5.00.
Enter the hospital and follow the signs to Lobby Registration. After signing the admission papers you will be taken to the Ambulatory Care Unit located on the 1st floor at Sutter Memorial Hospital and on the 3rd floor at Sutter General Hospital.
Patients are asked to arrive 2 hours in advance of their scheduled time for three important reasons:
It could take up to 40 minutes to get you ready for surgery. First, a nurse will evaluate your physical condition and have you change into a gown. The next step is to establish intravenous access on adults and children over the age of 7 (our nurses are experts at this) and review your paperwork to ensure that everything is in order.
Occasionally, procedures take less time than anticipated, in which case we will be able to move up the time of your surgery. If that should occur, it is important that the preliminary steps have been completed.
Your surgeon and anesthesiologist will visit you prior to your surgery and answer any last minute questions before your surgery. For anesthesia information visit www.casemedgroup.com
Staying ahead of schedule whenever possible provides a cushion of time for the surgical team to accommodate the inevitable, occasional delays and still be on time for patients scheduled after you. For example, if you came an hour early and the patient before you came late you could go first and this would not delay the procedure for patients who were scheduled after you.
We take your scheduled surgical time seriously and fully intend to honor that schedule. Experience has taught us, however, that it is wise to regard the scheduled surgical time as flexible. This means that your surgery could be performed early if a prior surgery took less time than planned or it could be late if the prior surgery ran late. We also want to let you know that emergencies could cause your surgery to be delayed. We will keep you and your family informed. Most surgeries occur within 30 minutes before or after the scheduled time. We consider surgery to be "late" if you wait 45 minutes after the scheduled time. We realize that this can be difficult for you and are committed to updating you regularly.
Your comfort and well-being are very important to us. Please let us know if there is any other information we can provide you with as we want to provide you with very good care.
Your family and friends are an important part of your health care team. During your surgery, they may wait for you in the surgical waiting area where they will find magazines, television, and the daily newspaper. They will be updated on your progress as information is available.
If someone drops you off, it is important that your ride leaves a phone number, cell phone number or pager number so we have the ability to contact them. The gift shop is located on the first floor of both hospitals and the cafeteria is located on the first floor at Sutter Memorial and the second floor at Sutter General.
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