Resources

A list of session properties:
Authors T Holmes, T Sheraton, D Burckett-St.Laurent, Laura Mclelland

Learning Objectives

Having completed this session you will be able to:
  • Understand the four essential roles of the PACU
  • Give and receive an SBAR handover
  • Understand the basic physiology and associated pathology in the PACU
  • Know why and what parameters we monitor in the PACU
  • Know how to treat the most common problems in the PACU
  • Know when to discharge a patient and handover the patient's care to the ward
  • Know how to set up a PACU

Further Reading and Activities

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