(435) 716-1000
1400 North 500 East
Logan, Utah 84341Map

Logan Regional Hospital

Day of Surgery
What surgery patients can typically expect on the day of surgery: A map to the facility and driving directions are provided through this MapQuest link:
Arriving at the Hospital
  • Enter from 1400 North at the light on 400 East. Turn east into the parking lot.
  • Park in the southwest corner of the hospital campus parking lot by the Intermountain Budge Clinic.
  • Enter through the Intermountain Budge Clinic revolving door entrance.
  • Take the elevators to the 2nd floor and follow the signs to the Logan Regional Hospital Surgical Center.
  • Expect to be at the hospital for 2-6 hours, from check in to check out (for outpatients).
Reception & Admitting Pre-Operative Area Operating Room/Surgical Area
  • A registered nurse will ask once more for your name, allergies, food intake status and to identify the surgical site.
  • Monitors will be applied and a warm blanket provided.
 Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU)
  • Your recovery begins with individual nursing care - including pain management. Often, patients do not remember this stage.
  • An average time of 30-45 minutes is spent in the PACU; as little as 10 minutes and up to two hours or more, depending on your needs, the type of anesthesia and the procedure performed.
  • Family will not be able to visit in the PACU.
  • Once you have met specific medical criteria, you will be discharged to the post-operative area.
 Post-Operative Area
  • Recuperation:
    • Your family/visitors will meet you in a private area.
    • Inpatients will be taken directly from the PACU to their assigned rooms, where family members may meet them.
    • You may feel sleepy and groggy.
  • A registered nurse will:
    • Take vital signs.
    • Treat any nausea/vomiting.
    • Manage pain, if needed.
    • Offer fluids.
    • Provide discharge education (both written and verbal) to you and to the person who is taking you home.
  • Prescriptions:
    • Your surgeon will provide any discharge prescriptions necessary.
    • Have family or appropriate visitors fill these before leaving the facility.
    • The hospital pharmacy accepts most insurance plans.
  • Going Home:
    • You will be observed and made comfortable until you have met medical criteria.
    • This stage may be as brief as 30 minutes, or as long as 4 hours, depending on your needs, type of anesthesia and the procedure performed.
    • A member of the surgical team or a volunteer will take you by wheelchair out of the building when you are discharged and help you into the vehicle for your ride home. The person taking you home should pick you up outside the Intermountain Budge Clinic revolving door entrance.
Surgical Center
Logan Regional Hospital
500 East 1400 North
Logan, Utah 84341
Phone: (435) 716-5303
Fax: (435) 716-5459
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