Written report: PACU Complication or Critical Event

  • Task: Submit a comprehensive management plan for a patient with a post-operative anesthetic complication (e.g. acute post-operative pain, PONV, hypthermia, etc.) in the PACU.
  • Procedure: Students are required to submit a written case discussion on a patient in the PACU with a post-anesthetic complication or critical event. They may choose from any anesthesia related complication they have personally observed during the course of their PACU duty. The discussion should contain these elements:
    • History/PE (what other questions would the student like to ask the patient)
    • Laboratory Examinations (what other laboratory examinations can be done)
    • Differential Diagnosis
    • Assessment (to include physiology and pathophysiology)
    • Management of the post-anesthetic complication
  • DUE DATE: This assignment is due on the last day of the rotation.