recovery room
Where anesthesia wears off
A recovery room is the area in a hospital where patients regain consciousness after surgery or anesthesia.
Medical staff monitor vital signs and manage pain until patients are stable enough to move to a regular room or go home: She spent two hours in the recovery room before they let her husband visit.
Release of substance outward
- handoffDirect physical exchange
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- patient transferMoving person between facilities
- shift changeScheduled workforce rotation
status update · care plan · progress report · nurse station · orientation · discharge instructions · clearance
Induced loss of feeling
- surgeryInvasive medical procedure
- patientAble to wait calmly
- hospitalMedical treatment facility
- nurseHealthcare provider, bedside
gurney · discharge · surgeon · incision · bandage · stitches · IV drips · intravenous
Basic body measurements
- observationAttentive watching or remark
- nursesMedical care professionals
- pulseArterial blood throb
- blood pressureCirculatory force measurement
oximetry · ECG · telemetry · heart rate · alertness · responsiveness · equipment · checkup
Furniture for slumber
drowsiness · sleep · warmth · dimmed lights · privacy curtain · reclining · peace · relaxation
discharge
Release of substance outward
- handoffDirect physical exchange
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- patient transferMoving person between facilities
shift change · status update · care plan · progress report · nurse station · orientation · discharge instructions · clearance
anesthesia
Induced loss of feeling
nurse · gurney · discharge · surgeon · incision · bandage · stitches · IV drips · intravenous · painkillers
vitals
Basic body measurements
- observationAttentive watching or remark
- nursesMedical care professionals
- pulseArterial blood throb
blood pressure · oximetry · ECG · telemetry · heart rate · alertness · responsiveness · equipment · checkup · awakening
bed
Furniture for slumber
comfort · drowsiness · sleep · warmth · dimmed lights · privacy curtain · reclining · peace · relaxation · grogginess
- surgerysurgery, surgeon, surgeons, operation, incision
- surgical caresurgical nurse, sterile field, scrubbing in, OR, preoperative
- hospitalhospital, admission, wards, ER, bed
- hospitalshospital, ER, ICU, operating rooms, A&E
- Maternity Wardmaternity ward, labor and delivery, midwife, obstetrician, OB-GYN
- hospitalizationhospital bed, hospital gown, inpatient, admission, discharge papers
recovery roomintensive care unit
Hospital ward for critical patients
ICU · critical care unit · emergency room · trauma bay · morgue
room, recover, recovery, recovering, recovered, recovers, recoverable, unrecovered, recoverer