1. Welcome to the Surgical Program at Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital

2. What to expect when your child comes for surgery!
Preparing you and your child for their surgery at the Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital: The Day Before Surgery On the day of Surgery Going Home

3. The night before surgery your child should NOT…
Eat anything after midnight (This includes milk or any liquid you can’t see through)
Drink any clear fluids within 2 hours of their operation

4. On the Day of surgery….
Come to Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital at
327 Reynolds Street
Visitors parking is available on Reynolds St. south of MacDonald St

5. Through the main entrance off the Reynolds Street parking lot
Enter the hospital ...
Through the main entrance off the Reynolds Street parking lot
Don’t forget to wash your hands!

6. Take the elevator to the 2nd floor
And follow the arrows on the floor
to the
Pre-Admission Clinic
Pre - Admit

7. Don’t forget to take a ticket
The Pre-Admission Clinic staff will register your child and direct you both to the Surgical Waiting Room

8. Here a volunteer will help!
The volunteer will guide you and your child where to change You can help your child change into the hospital gown

9. Once your child has changed, the volunteer will then guide you and your child into the Surgical Day Care area where you will be seated to wait for the nurse
The volunteer provides a gown.

10. Then you’ll meet your Surgical Day Care nurse
The nurse will ask you and your child if they have had a recent fever, cough or illness The nurse will also take your child’s temperature, pulse, blood pressure and ask you a few other questions

11. The Operating Room nurse and doctors will come and speak to you and your child where you are seated in the Surgical Day Care Area
We encourage children to bring a favorite comforting toy that will go into the Operating Room with them

12. For your child’s comfort,
A numbing cream is applied to your child’s hand for the IV
And in the Operating Room sleeping medicine is given through a mask
Please add

13. While in the Waiting Room the tracking board will show where your child is.
This information is coded for your privacy
Instructions for use are posted by the tracking board

14. A volunteer will escort you to the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) after your child’s surgery
You can stay in PACU with your child to provide comfort
A PACU nurse will be dedicated to your child’s care and will be able to answer your questions

15. Some children in the PACU:
Wear a mask to help with breathing
Have an IV in their arm to give them fluids. The IV will come out before they go home

16. When your child is fully awake, s/he will go on a stretcher/crib to the Surgical Day Care (SDC)
LATER,
Your child will be discharged home from SDC

17. Patient Discharge Information
Will be given prior to discharge
A date for your child’s follow up visit with their physician will also be provided

18. Some times the surgeon decides a child should stay overnight for close observation
When this happens your child will be brought from Surgical Day Care or PACU to the in-patient pediatric unit

19. On the Inpatient Pediatric Unit
Your child will stay overnight and be discharged the next morning

20. For children staying over night,
Parents are encouraged to participate in care 24/7. Every effort will be made to find a cot for you to sleep in overnight.
Visiting for others are
11:00am – 2:00pm and 4:00-8:00pm
2 visitors at a time
Please remind visitors NOT to visit if they are unwell!
Can parents sleep over with child?
What are visiting hours? How many can visit?

21. Prepare for your child’s return home by
Stocking up on clear fluids (drinks you can see through), ice chips, and freezies the night before surgery
Getting discharge information and prescriptions if needed before leaving the unit
Filling prescriptions before going home
“After care- stock up on foods so can be prepared at home”

22. Helpful Links for children
Going to the Things to prepare your child for