PLEASE READ IF TAKING CHILD HERE FOR SURGERY. These people are so irresponsible and give no shits about patients or booking patients properly. I see a picture with ELEVEN DOCTORS available to be on call, why do they have only one doctor in for the day? Booked four to five children under 7 to come in at 9 am when they open. Here I am still waiting till 1 pm on a fast for my poor four year old son!!! The rules to fasting as applies for anesthesia dental procedure "Eating and drinking instructions- one of the most important safety parameters for anesthesia provision is following appropriate guidelines for eating and drinking. Failure to properly follow these guidelines can result in a catastrophe for the patient during anesthesia. The challenge with restricting eating and drinking is the time of the procedure. Everyone wants the early morning case as it is typically the most convenient for the patient and easiest to restrict food and fluids. Obviously, it is impossible to only see patients first thing in the morning so it becomes necessary to schedule patients at different times during the day. With the revision of guidelines for eating and drinking, this really does not become such a problem as it has in the past. If the patient has a feeding tube, it will be important to discuss with our office appropriate guidelines with respect to administering anything to the patient before the appointment. The current guidelines recommend the following;
Eating- no solid food, semi-solid food or any type of dairy product should not be consumed less than six (6) hours prior to an appointment
Drinking- clear liquids (water, juice, pedialyte, Gatorade, soda) can be consumed up to two (2) hours prior to the appointment
Examples-
If you have an appointment at 11:00 AM- food would have to be consumed before 5:00 AM and fluids could continue until 9:00 AM. Now, it may be impractical to eat before 5:00 AM, but it would be fine to drink as much clear liquids up to 9:00 AM
If you have an appointment at 2:00 PM- food would have to be consumed before 8:00 AM and clear fluids could continue until Noon. So, it would be fine to have breakfast before 8:00 AM and drink clear liquids until Noon."
If I had known this I would have at least given my son a cup of juice or water prior to leaving, he's literally feeling sick with hunger and thirst at this point begging me for anything, terrible!If recommended for surgery I highly suggest looking into other options in the area. This place is garbage.
*update they ended up telling me to leave when I told the dr to hurry up and get on with the surgery after the ridiculous wait. Lol which after that the fattest lady in the office told me I was overreacting to the fact that my son had nothing to eat since 7 pm the previous night, still fasting into 2 pm waiting for my 8 am appointment. When was the last time you skipped a meal lady? Pretty sure like never judging by your size. SALIDA SURGERY CENTER YOUR REPUTATION FITS EXACTLY WHAT MOST PEOPLE SAY. lack of a less vulgar word.. absolute garbage. If you can just take your kids to ATWATER SUGERY CENTER. I was seen less than an hour after my check in. The staff was friendly, punctual and caring for my four year old. read more
