Subsection 5: Anaesthesia

The purpose of the continuous post-intervention monitoring referred to in 3° of article D. 6124-91 is to monitor the residual effects of anaesthetic drugs and their elimination and to deal, taking into account the patient’s state of health, with any complications linked to the operation or anaesthesia. This monitoring begins in the operating theatre, as soon as the operation and anaesthetic have been completed. It does not stop while the…

Except for patients whose state of health requires them to be admitted directly to an intensive care unit, the monitoring that follows the patient’s transfer is carried out in a post-interventional monitoring room. Subject to patients being able to benefit from the monitoring conditions mentioned in article D. 6124-97, the following may take the place of a post-interventional monitoring room: 1° The labour room located in an obstetrics unit, in…

When the patient’s state of health allows, the post-intervention monitoring provided for in article D. 6124-97 may be carried out in a room or in the specific adapted area provided for in article D. 6124-302, provided that all of the following conditions are met: 1° Patients are monitored by a nurse whose qualifications are appropriate for this type of monitoring; 2° The operation was carried out without incident intraoperatively under…

The post-interventional monitoring room is equipped with medical devices allowing for each station installed: 1° The supply of medical fluids and vacuum suction ; 2° Continuous monitoring of cardiac rhythm and display of electrocardioscopic tracings, using equipment fitted with alarms, and monitoring of blood oxygen saturation; 3° Periodic monitoring of blood pressure; 4° The means necessary for the patient to return to a normal thermal balance. The post-interventional monitoring room…