Manual of Perioperative Care. an Essential Guide

Description

Manual of Perioperative Care is a comprehensive manual of principles of care designed to support the clinical practice of perioperative practitioners, whether they are nurses or operating department practitioners. This book sets out to meet the needs of those studying perioperative practice as well as those who would like an up to date comprehensive reference on their bookshelf. It covers the fundamentals involved in perioperative practice, setting modern surgical care into its complete environment and context.

With a practical, accessible focus, aided by full colour illustrations, this book follows the journey that the patient makes through their surgical care, with sections on:

• The foundation for safe and effective perioperative care
• Infection prevention and control
• Patient safety and managing risks
• Different patient care groups
• Approaches to surgery

This book will be essential reading for all students on perioperative courses, and newly qualified perioperative nurses and operating department practitioners.

Table of Contents

• About the editors
• Contributors
• Foreword 1 Jane Reid
• Foreword 2 Professor Ara Darzi

Section 1 Foundation for Safe Perioperative Care

• 1. The Context of Perioperative Care
  Kate Woodhead and Lesley Fudge
• 2. Preoperative Assessment
  Jane Jackson
• 3. Communication
  Libby Campbell
• 4. The Perioperative Environment
  Hazel Park

Section 2 Infection Prevention in Perioperative Care

• 5. Infection Prevention
  Martin Kiernan
• 6. Introduction to Decontamination and Sterilisation
  Wayne Spencer
• 7. Wound Healing and Surgical Site Infection
  Melissa Rochon

Section 3 Patient Safety and Managing Risks in Perioperative Care

• 8. Preoperative Care
  Mark Radford
• 9. Anaesthetic Care
  Russell Chilton and Ross Palmer
• 10. Medicines Management
  Joanne Dickson
• 11. Fluid Replacement and Blood Transfusion
  Fiona Martin
• 12. Intraoperative Care
  Paul Rawlings
• 13. Safer Moving and Handling and Patient Positioning
  Sue Pirie
• 14. Pressure Area Care and Tissue Viability
  Zena Moore
• 15. Thermoregulation
  Eileen M Scott
• 16. Venous Thrombosis Prophylaxis
  Sue Bacon
• 17. Care of Surgical Instruments
  Jane Smith
• 18. Swab and Instrument Count
  Di Gilmour
• 19. Care of Specimens
  Rosanne Macqueen
• 20. Managing High-Risk Equipment
  Chris Earl
• 21. Medical Imaging and Radiation
  Jonathan Hewis and Sarah Naylor
• 22. Death in the Perioperative Environment
  Kevin Henshaw
• 23. Postoperative Care
  Pat Smedley and Natalie Quine
• 24. Pain Management
  Felicia Cox

Section 4 Different Patient Care Groups

• 25. Neonatal Surgery
  Helen Carter
• 26. Paediatric Surgery
  Helen Carter
• 27. Care of the Adolescent in Surgery
  Liz McArthur
• 28. Care of the Elderly Patient
  Rita Hehir
• 29. Bariatric Surgery
  Saheba Iaciofano
• 30. Perioperative Care of the Pregnant Woman
  Adrienne Montgomery

Section 5 Different Approaches to Surgery

• 31. Key Principles of Laparoscopic Surgery
  Joanne Johnson
• 32. Key Principles of Endoscopic Surgery
  Louise Wall

Index