Post op recovery of regional C-section

[planny]

Our c-sections are now being recovered in PACU, with a delay between mother and baby. I understand we are in the minority. To improve patient satisfaction, we would like OB to recover the regional c-sections, to be closer to baby and daddy. Where are your c-sections recovered?

[hardyea]

Our regional c sections are recovered in the PACU.

[GHGoonette, BSN, RN]

Yes, we recover our c-sections in pacu. They VERY rarely need to stay longer than 20 minutes.

[summeroflov]

All c-sections unless done under general anesthesia (extremely rare) are recovered on the L&D floor. All the OB ORs are on the L&D floor.

[GHGoonette, BSN, RN]

Yes, the L&D should be equipped with a dedicated theatre for c-sections and other obstetric related procedures. Many smaller hospitals, like ours, do not have such a feature, unfortunately.

The incidence of HIV also affects our c-section statistics, in that it increases the number of elective or planned caesars. Obviously, even if our L&D had its own caesar theatre, it would not be practical to utilise it for a number of c-sections following one after the other.

[summeroflov]

I should clarify that my hospital is a HUGE Level 1 trauma center, so we have the space and staff for dedicate OB-Gyn operating/recovery rooms. I can understand that it must be different in hospitals that are smaller.