Market Street
Surgical Center
444 Market Street
Saddle Brook, NJ 07663
Phone (201) 843-9441
Fax (201) 843-9442
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ADVANCE DIRECTIVE POLICY
Market Street Surgical Center is an outpatient facility, where only elective surgery and/or procedures are performed. Therefore all patients shall be presumed as having consented to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) when signing the consent for surgery.
CPR shall be defined as: the administering of any means or device to restore or support resuscitative functions in a patient, whether by mechanical devices, chest compressions, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, cardiac massage, tracheal intubation, manual or mechanical ventilators or respirators, defibrillation, the administrations of drugs and/or chemical agents intended to restore cardiac and/or respiratory functions in a patient where cardiac or respiratory arrest has occurred or is believed to be imminent.
The following policies, in accordance with State law,
have been instituted by Market Street Surgical Center due to the nature
of the services provided by the facility:
* Patients are not required to have an Advance Directive
* Do not resuscitate (DNR) orders contained in Advance Directives are
not acknowledged by the center
* In the event of a life-threatening emergency, patients are resuscitated,
treated, stabilized, & transported to a higher level of care, as necessary.
The official State of NJ advance directive form is available and can be downloaded as a PDF by clicking HERE
MARKET STREET SURGICAL CENTER, LLC IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY ALLISAN EMES.
Please be aware that the physician that refers you to the Market Street
Surgical Center may have a beneficial equity interest in the facility.
These physicians have a personal stake in maintaining its reputation,
high quality of care, and success in the medical marketplace. As always,
you have the option to seek treatment at a health care service provider
of your own choice. A listing of alternative health care service providers
can be found in the classified section of your telephone directory under
the appropriate heading.
At Market Street Surgical Center we are constantly negotiating with insurance carriers to make access to our facility as easy as possible for our patients. Please be aware that services associated with your referral may be reimbursed at an out-of-network level by your insurance carrier or other third party payer.
Please let us know if you have any questions.