On arrival in the endoscopy unit, to ensure
that the patient is fit to proceed to endoscopy,
the nursing staff go through a checklist of
patient details which includes comorbidities, drug
history, fluids and blood products received during
resuscitation. Prior to, during and following the
procedure, the nursing staff closely monitor all
observations including blood pressure, heart rate
and oxygen saturations. Afterwards, depending
on how ill they are, patients return to either the
base unit or the high dependency unit