{"id":10605,"date":"2016-11-25T15:10:34","date_gmt":"2016-11-25T20:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/52.229.122.34\/en\/?page_id=10605"},"modified":"2025-05-13T15:26:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T19:26:01","slug":"preadmission-unit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/clinical-services\/deptpgrmcs\/departments\/anesthesiology\/preadmission-unit\/","title":{"rendered":"Preadmission Unit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Your Pre-Admission Unit (PAU) visit\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You will have an appointment at the Pre-Admission Unit (PAU) several days or weeks before your surgery. This appointment may be in person at the hospital or virtual (done over the phone or a computer). You will be seen by a nurse and\/or an anesthesiologist (doctor that has special training in giving you medications to keep you safe and comfortable during your surgery). The PAU team will ask you questions to learn more about you and your health. This information will help the health-care team to plan your care. Please bring all of your medications to your PAU appointment. This includes your over-the-counter medications, prescription creams, eye drops, inhalers, and herbal remedies (vitamins, supplements, etc.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/clinical-services\/my-surgery\/my-pre-admission-pau-appointment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">My Pre-Admission (PAU) Appointment<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Depending on your health and personal situation, your Pre-Admission Unit (PAU) appointment will include pre-assessment from a specialized team of registered nurses, anesthesiologists, residents and health-care professionals who will help prepare you for your surgical experience. Your surgeon will schedule you for a pre-admission appointment at least 2-6 weeks before your surgery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Making an Appointment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Physician Referral Needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact Us<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1081 Carling Ave (Unit 601):<\/strong><br>Phone: 613-738-8456<br>Clinic Hours: Mon. \u2013 Fri. 7:15 a.m. \u2013 4:00 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Riverside Eye Care Centre (3<sup>rd<\/sup> Floor)<\/strong>:<br>Phone: 613-738-8387<br>Clinic Hours: Mon. \u2013 Fri. 8:00 a.m. \u2013 4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your Pre-Admission Unit (PAU) visit\u00a0 You will have an appointment at the Pre-Admission Unit (PAU) several days or weeks before your surgery. This appointment may be in person at the hospital or virtual (done over the phone or a computer). You will be seen by a nurse and\/or an anesthesiologist (doctor that has special training [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"parent":10505,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10605","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10605\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}