Preparing for your procedure
Preparing for your procedure
Our clinical and leadership team at the LCMC Health Neuroscience Institute share a common aspiration, and that’s to make lives better, one patient at a time. Through excellence in patient care, research, and education, our focus is simple: to restore, heal, and help the community we serve.
What to do
- Bring insurance cards and government-issued photo ID.
- Wear/pack comfortable, loose-fitting clothes that will easily fit over your head and around your waist.
- You may need to remove your glasses, contacts, dentures, and hearing aids, so bring your eyewear case, denture cup, and/or hearing aid case.
- Bring special medical equipment (walker, cane, braces, etc) that you use.
- Bring personal toiletry items such as a toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorant, hairbrush, etc.
- If you do not wish to use the hospital-provided phones, you may want to bring your cell phone and cell phone charge. However, the hospital is not responsible for lost/stolen items.
- Arrange to have a responsible adult (18 years of age or older) to drive or accompany you home after discharge.
- Follow physician orders relating to eating/drinking or bathing prior to surgery.
What not to do
- Do not shave your surgical area before your procedure unless otherwise instructed by your physician.
- Do not bring valuables (including all piercings/jewelry, credit cards, large amounts of cash, etc). The hospital is not responsible for lost/stolen items.
- Do not bring electrical appliances such as heating pads, fans, coffee pots, etc.
- Do not bring candles or anything with an open flame.
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