What to expect when you need to attend hospital for a gastroscopy. The team at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust demonstrate the different stages of the process so you can be fully prepared.

The video includes information on;

1. Being referred and making an appointment
2. Pre assessment
3. Getting your patient information
4. Fasting before the procedure
5. Arriving and booking in
5. Consenting to the procedure
6. Waiting in the unit
7. Having a cannula fitted
8. Having the gastroscopy procedure
9.Having sedation and/or throat spray
10. Going into recovery
11. Side effects
12. Reporting the findings of the procedure
13. Recovering from sedation
14. Discharge and going home

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