Session Summary

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

• RCOA guidelines for post-operative care 2009 View document