ESPAA welcomes public to open house April 29

CHICO, Calif., April 25, 2008 – The community is invited to an open house for ESPAA (Enloe Surgical and Procedural Assessment Area) on Tuesday, April 29 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Enloe Outpatient Center, 888 Lakeside Village Commons, Bldg A (Use the PromptCare entrance).

 

Guests at the open house will be able to:

·         Tour the renovated facilities

·         Learn how this pre-surgical service serves patients

·         Meet ESPAA staff

·         Experience the ESPAA patient process

·         Enjoy spa cuisine

·         Relax with complimentary hand and shoulder massages for the evening.

 

For more information, call ESPAA at 332-6501.

 

About Enloe Surgical and Procedural Assessment Area: ESPAA (pronounced e-spa) is designed to ensure the best possible surgical experience for Enloe’s patients. It’s made up of a team of registered nurses who meet with patients to provide pre-operative education, assessment and testing. ESPAA coordinates with Northstate Anesthesiology Partners, the group of physicians who provide anesthesiology services at Enloe Medical Center. Benefits of the service include: Patients receive education about their upcoming surgery; the ESPAA staff gathers patients’ medical history and provides any needed exams, sharing results with the patients’ surgeon and anesthesiologist; the staff also checks for and follow up on issues that could create a delay in patients’ surgery, and it provides patients with instructions for the day of surgery, including how to prepare, what medications to take, where to go and the arrival time. For more on ESPAA, visit www.enloe.org/espaa.