06 / Patient care · Morning rounds
07:30, three beds, one catch
Rounds are where surgical patients are owned: overnight report, the observations, the chart, then the question a senior actually asks at each bed, what matters most about this patient today? Two of these three are recovering. One is not, and the round is where that gets caught.
Bed 4 · patient 1 of 3
07:30
POD 1 after laparoscopic right hemicolectomy for caecal cancer. 68, otherwise well.
Overnight · Comfortable on the PCA; slept. One vomit at 05:00, small.
- HR
- 84
- BP
- 128/76
- SpO2
- 95%
- Temp
- 37.4°
- Urine
- 35-45 mL/h
- Fluids: maintenance running, balance +800 mL since theatre
- Diet: sips overnight
- Drains: none placed
- Bloods due this morning