Same Day Services

Same Day Services is located on the first floor in the Procedure Center. Nurses prepare patients for surgery and care for them after surgery in this area if the plan is for them to go home the same day. Each patient has a private room for their recovery. The SDS nurses provide care to patients receiving transfusions, infusions and chemotherapy. The SDS nurses also assist the doctors in the treatment of chronic pain.

In addition to outpatient surgery, the Endoscopy Suite is located in the SDS department. Colonoscopies, esophogocopies and gastroscopes are done under IV moderate sedation and patients return home approximately 1 ½ hours after the procedure. Ph manometry is also performed in the Endoscopy Suite. This test to aids in the diagnosis of GERD – gastroesophageal reflux disease.