SOP Urgent/Emergent Surgical Case Scheduling
Weekends & Nights at Good Samaritan Hospital
(6:30 pm-7am Monday-Friday; Friday 6:30 pm – Monday 7 am)
1. Attending Surgeon/Fellow/Resident completes the posting for emergent case, including MRN in EPIC.
2. Attending Surgeon/Fellow/Resident notifies GS On-Call Anesthesia provider directly and discusses any
clinical issues relative to the case prior to calling the DCN. The GS Anesthesia On-Call primary contact
information (pager or personnel cell phone) is listed in Lightening bolt. On-Call anesthesia attending
will notify the on-call anesthesia resident of case.
3. Attending Surgeon/Fellow/Resident notifies DCN of urgent/emergent surgical case and provides
relevant clinical details to complete the booking sheet.
4. DCN contacts GSH On-Call Periop Manager to activate on-call team and delivers completed booking
sheet to OR Desk.
5. On-Call GSH Periop Manager is responsible to activate phone tree:
• GSH On-Call team:
• Nursing and CST staff
• PACU staff
• Anesthesia Tech
• Materials staff
• Additional personnel if needed:
a. GSH CSPD
b. Vendor (Stryker Endoscopy)
c. GSH Radiology team (859-330-5041)
d. GSH lab
6. On Call teams arrives for surgical procedure
• On call circulator uses booking sheet left at OR desk by DCN to open case record, pulls case from depot
to snapboard prior to start of case.
7. Circulator notifies DCN when OR case is complete and patient transferred to PACU or appropriate level
of care.
8. Patient destination bed assignment completed by K-CATS.
Escalation Plan:
Sherri Stephens, OR Manager 859-707-3434
Andrea Nachtigal, PACU Manager 859-230-4973
Amy Boone, Enterprise OR Director 216-905-6840
Darlene Merriam, Enterprise Prep/PACU859-333-5052
Dr. Totten, GSH Medical Director 813-943-4377
Dr. Wainscott, GSH Anesthesia Director 859-797-8603
Dr. Hoffman, GSH Executive Triad 773-425-2775
Becky McKenzie, Enterprise PMT 919-308-1027
Dr. Liau, Enterprise PMT 859-361-4878
Dr. Nguyen, Enterprise PMT 562-922-2985
On-Call CMO
