A thoroughly revised second edition providing the knowledge and evidence-base needed for the perioperative practitioner, clarifying the underlying principles needed for an understanding of anaesthetic, surgical, and recovery practice. This book defines the level of knowledge required for perioperative practitioners and provides a comprehensive reference to the principles and practice of modern operating department practice. Featuring a diverse range of topics, it offers a multidisciplinary overview of new techniques and technologies, changes in medico-legal requirements, changes to professional accountability, and requirements for continuous professional development. Twelve new chapters cover healthcare ethics and professional regulation, health and safety, infection prevention and control, basic patient monitoring, human factors, and perioperative care of the paediatric patient. Incorporating a new focus on the provision of evidence-based practice and holistic care in all areas of perioperative care, this invaluable book is essential reading for anyone working in this sector, in both education and practice.
Foreword; 1. The caring perioperative practitioner Julie Quick; 2. Evidence-based perioperative practice Paul Rawling; 3. Healthcare ethics and professional regulation in operating department practice Edmund Horowicz and Amy Williams; 4. Understanding the law within operating department practice Edmund Horowicz and Amy Williams; 5. Health and safety in the perioperative environment Kevin Henshaw; 6. Fundamentals of operating department design Shane Roadnight and Anne Followell; 7. Infection prevention and control in the operating department Jo Fielding and Mark Milligan; 8. Cardiovascular Physiology Dominic Nielsen and James Ip; 9. Recognition and interpretation of the ECG Kully Sandhu; 10. Respiratory Physiology Sarah John and Tahzeeb Bhagat; 11. Introduction to general Anaesthesia Jo Han Gan and James Ip; 12. Fundamentals of airway management Rebecca Sherwood; 13. Artificial ventilation Vicky Lester; 14. Management of perioperative medical emergencies Nathan Gamble; 15. Total Intravenous Anaesthesia (TIVA) Scott Miller; 16. Fundamentals of basic patient monitoring Victoria Cadman and Efua Hagan; 17. Haemodynamic monitoring Michael Donnellon; 18. Fundamentals of regional Anaesthesia Karim Will Mukhtar and Will Angus; 19. Fundamentals of the Anaesthetic machine Daniel Rodger; 20. Anaesthetic breathing systems Cheryl Wayne-Kevan and Daniel Rodger; 21. Pharmacological agents in Anaesthetic practice Kathryn Newton, Peter Turton and Brian Corrin; 22. Fundamentals of emergency Obstretric care Victoria Cadman and Rebecca Lowes; 23. Care of the bariatric patient Hannah Abbott; 24. Sterilisation and decontamination of surgical instruments Martin Kiernan and Roger King; 25. Management and use of medical equipment Julie Quick and Laura Garbett; 26. Fundamentals of the surgical scrub role Lindsay Keeley; 27. Fundamentals of patient positioning Sarah Brady; 28. Fundamentals of thermoregulation Craig Griffiths; 29. Fluid and electrolyte balance during surgery Chris Wood and Rebecca Parker; 30. The Physiology of blood and its administration Suzanne Arulogun and Paul Wheeler; 31. Fundamentals of wound healing, dressings and drains Steve Moutrey; 32. Understanding sutures and skin closure Steve Moutrey and Paul Bond; 33. Perioperative care of the paediatric patient Faye Lowry and Daniel Rodger; 34. Perioperative pain management Senthil Jayaseelan; 35. The recovery of patients from Anaesthesia and surgery Patricia Smedley and Jane Nicholas-Holley; 36. Fundamentals of emergency resuscitation Robert Ayee; 37. Human factors, ergonomics and non-technical skills Mark Hellaby; 38. Understanding intraoperative death Daniel Rodger and Heather Hartley; 39. Extended and advanced roles in perioperative practice Sally Stuart.
