If you do not have a Living Will or Advance Directives, you may get information about both from Hospital Registration. Please note that Advance Directives can not be witnessed by staff members. This needs to be taken care of before the day of your surgery. Call your insurance company to find out whether the surgery to be performed needs to be precertified or approved in advance. The name, address and phone number of the adult who will be driving you home.
Some medicines can be dangerous because they can slow blood clotting.
You may want to use the following lines to write down the medications you take now. You will also be given any other specific instructions you need. If you did not speak with an anesthesiologist, the nurse will give you special instructions about eating, drinking and medications you may or may not take. You should bring all medications that you are currently taking with you to the Hospital or SurgiCenter in their original containers. This includes over the counter drugs.