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POST OPERATIVE CARE IN 24
HOURS
• Wound care
➢Check for soaking / oozing for active bleeding
➢Drainage – functioning radivac system (patency, vacuum),
amount of fresh blood (>150 mls within 1 hour) inform &
documented
• Vital sign – every 15 min (1 hr), ½ hr (1 hr), hourly (4 hrs)
➢BP low, fast HR – hypovolemic shock , pain
➢Pain mx – pain score chart – administer epidural / analgesic
