sips/chips

sips/chips

A popular term for the first ingestibles allowed either after a surgical procedure under general anaesthesia, or before and after surgery under local anaesthesia, where a recuperating patient is allowed to sip water and other clear liquids or chew on ice chips.

sips/chips

Nursing Popular for the first ingestibles allowed either after a surgical procedure under general anesthesia, or before and after surgery 'under local,' where the recuperee is allowed to sip water and other clear liquids or chew on ice chips