Northwest Ambulatory Surgery Center, LLC
1920 100th St. SE, Suite A-1
Everett, WA 98204
425-337-7000
Personal Professional Foot & Ankle Care
Don't Stand for Foot Pain
Welcome to Northwest Surgery Center
Northwest Surgery Center offers a fully equipped operating room with the capability of performing many types of surgical and diagnostic procedures. Northwest Surgery Center was constructed to meet all State and National codes for operating rooms.
Northwest Surgery Center is dedicated to providing the highest quality care in a professional atmosphere.
Northwest Surgery Center was planned by physicians and nurses for people like you who require short-term care for surgical procedures. by avoiding unnecessary hospitalization, our center helps reduce the costs of medical care.
Everything at Northwest Surgery Center was designed with you, the patient, in mind. This brochure contains important information that will ensure your safety, comfort and help you return to normal activities. Please read it carefully. If you have questions, feel free to ask us for more information.
Our surgery center allows you to be back in your home within a few short hours. No long delays. When surgery is indicated, we offer excellent surgical care in a safe friendly atmosphere.
Please Remember...
1. Do not eat or drink anything after midnight the day before surgery.
2. Make prior arrangements for transportation home.
3. Arrive at Northwest Surgery Center promptly, a full 45 minutes before your time of surgery.
4. Dress casually and bring or wear shorts, and bring no valuables.
5. If you become ill prior to surgery, call your physician immediately.
6. If you have any questions; call Northwest Surgery Center (425-337-7000).
How does Northwest Surgery Center Function?
If you and your doctor decide that one-day surgery is best for you, the Northwest Surgery Center's staff will schedule a specific date for your operation.
When you arrive, our staff will help you register and assure that you are ready for surgery. While at Northwest Surgery Center you will be cared for by staff specially trained for one-day surgery. Each patient having anesthesia will be evaluated by a Board Certified Anesthesiologist.
Following your operation, you will be closely observed in the recovery room. You will rest in the recovery lounge where a relative or friend may be with you. When your doctor feels that you may safely leave, you may return home to be cared for by family and friends.
There are no overnight facilities at Northwest Surgery Center. In the rare event that you should require additional care, your doctor may admit you to the hospital until you are ready to return home.
Where is Northwest Surgery Center?
Northwest Surgery Center is located in Everett, Washington, off the Bothell-Everett Highway near Interstate 5. It is next door to our clinic located in the same building. Parking is available at no charge.
Wear casual, loose fitting clothing. Pants should allow room for a cast. To help prevent infection, shower the morning of your surgery and cleanse your foot with the special soap.
• Please leave all valuables, such as watches, rings, and other jewelry at home.
• If you wear contacts they will need to be removed before surgery.
• Remove nail polish from fingers and toes.
We encourage all patients to have one friend or relative to stay with them at Northwest Surgery Center. Please make arrangements to leave small children at home. There is not enough room in our recovery lounge and there are no child care facilities. Minors (under age 18) must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian to sign the consent form. Legal guardians should bring proof of guardianship.
Every patient receiving an anesthetic or sedation of any kind will require the assistance of a responsible adult for transportation home. Patients who have had sedation should not leave Northwest Surgery Center without an escort.
We request that you arrive 45 minutes before the time your surgery is scheduled. Please check the scheduling information provided for your arrival time.
It is important for you to arrive promptly to allow adequate time for pre-surgical preparation. This includes our orientation procedures, laboratory testing as necessary physician examination, and administration of any medications that you may need before surgery.
The Northwest Surgery Center staff, doctors and anesthesiologists have all reserved this surgery time especially for you. In consideration for them and our other patients, we may be required to cancel surgery if you arrive late for your procedure.
If there is any possibility that you may be pregnant you should notify your surgeon and obstetrician in advance; also tell the anesthesiologist during the preoperative evaluation. Certain medications and anesthetics are potentially harmful to a developing child.
You will be discharged from Northwest Surgery Center when it is medically safe to leave. Since the length of your stay depends on the nature of your operation and your own individual response to the anesthetic and surgery, it is difficult to predict in advance exactly when you will be able to return home.
In general, however, the average length of stay at Northwest Surgery Center is 3 hours from the time you arrive. We can give you a more accurate estimate of your length of stay when you register.
Be sure to follow your doctor's orders, take only medication prescribed by your doctor the first 24 hours following surgery unless told otherwise.
Be sure to follow your doctor's orders, take only medication prescribed by your doctor the first 24 hours following surgery.
No matter how you feel during the first 24 hours following your operation do not:
#1 drive a car
#2 take transportation alone
#3 drink alcoholic beverages
#4 sign legal documents
#5 make important decisions
#6 take care of a dependent person
#7 use power tools
We attempt to contact all of our patients by telephone prior to surgery. Please call Northwest Surgery Center if you do not expect to be home during business hours or if we have not reached you before your surgery. If you have any questions or medical problems, please bring them to our attention during this phone call. Patients who are taking medications, have a history of serious illness, have a cold or acute illness, or may have been exposed to a communicable disease are asked to discuss this with us prior to the surgery.
The billing from Northwest Surgery Center is for the facility fee only. It is a completely separate billing and does not include the surgeon's fee nor the fees of the assistant surgeon, anesthesiologist, pathologist, any prescriptions for home use, implants, screws, casts, or any expense associated with hospital admission should the need arise.
Our staff will call you before your surgery to help prepare you for your visit and help you make appropriate financial arrangements. Since medical coverage varies widely, it is important to discuss your particular circumstances with us at the time of this phone call. Should your insurance not cover the full cost of your stay at Northwest Surgery Center a deposit may be requested.
FROM THE NORTH
Exit 1-5 at Everett Mall #189
Circle right, follow signs to route 527 South
Turn left onto 100th Street SE
Turn right into our parking lot
FROM THE SOUTH
Exit 1-5 at exit #189
Turn right onto 19th Avenue SE (Rte. 527)
Turn left onto 100th SE
Turn right into our parking lot