RECOVERY ROOM Definition & Meaning

recovery room

noun

a room near the operating or delivery room of a hospital, equipped with specific apparatus and staffed by specially trained personnel for emergencies, used for the recovery from anesthesia of a postoperative or obstetrical patient before being brought to a hospital room or ward.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of recovery room¹

First recorded in 1915–20

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But in the recovery room doctors realised she was bleeding internally and that she urgently needed the extra surgery.

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Her husband was able to be with her in the operating theatre and then in the recovery room for an hour, before being told Covid restrictions meant he had to leave.

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When my dad watched me break down in the recovery room, he relaxed.

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In the recovery room, the TV was turned to the World Ironman Championships.

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"The patient became cyanotic with blue lips, movements stopped, the muscles relaxed, deep breathing followed, cyanosis waned, and color returned to the lips as the patient was moved to a recovery room."

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