SCD's post op~routine or only for the high risk?

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I have been working on a med-surg floor for a few months now and if we have a post op patient who is on bedrest they automatically wear spontaneous compression devices...TED hose in the very least! I had a family member who recently had surgery in another hospital (hemi-colectomy) and was very surprised to see him without the scd's 24 hours post op. I asked the nurse about it and she acted like I was speaking Greek. I requested TED hose in the very least because of his history of serious venous insufficiency. I want to reiterate that I did not go there with the attitude of "this is the way we do it" but was very surprised to see it not done and just wondering how it is in your hospital?

Specializes in Interventional Pain Mgmt NP; Prior ICU and L/D RN.

Gosh, I even had SCD's on after my tubal was done!!! I personally thought it was silly and a waste of my money, I was up walking around a few hours after surgery....my baby was not even 12hrs old!!

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Any patient on bedrest gets em. Post op or not. They can do no harm putting them on, but can if they are not put on.

Hope everything is working out with gramps.... :)

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Specializes in LTC, assisted living, med-surg, psych.

I had SCD's for my outpatient procedure (an endometrial ablation). Our hospital protocol calls for them on any pt. over 200#, regardless of other risk factors (or lack thereof). Better safe than sorry, but I did feel silly wearing the things when I was only going to be there for a few hours!

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Specializes in Med-surg; OB/Well baby; pulmonology; RTS.
Originally posted by New CCU RN

Any patient on bedrest gets em. Post op or not. They can do no harm putting them on, but can if they are not put on.

Yeah we do this too. Especially with our end stage COPDers.

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