Essential Procedures for Practitioners in Emergency, Urgent and Primary Care Settings. a Clinical Companion

Description

This companion is a highly accessible and comprehensive clinical guide to performing procedures in the office, urgent, and emergency care settings. Designed as an easy-to-use reference, it is the only volume to address procedures for all three specialty settings.

This book presents 72 of the most commonly performed procedures used in these settings and organizes them into system-specific categories. Each procedure is presented using a concise format and includes original photos, line drawings, and tables to highlight the written content and provide clear directions regarding exactly how to perform each procedure.

Chapters include:

• Background of the procedure
• Patient preparation
• Treatment options
• Contraindications
• Special considerations
• Procedure preparation, including patient preparation and equipment
• Step-by-step instruction for procedure
• Post procedure considerations
• Education points
• Complications
• Author's Pearls
• Resources

Table of Contents

Unit I - Introduction
Chapter 1 - Universal Precautions, Patient Preparation, and Patient Education
Chapter 2 - Consent

Unit II - Procedures for Airway Management
Chapter 3 - Procedures for Basic Airway Management
Chapter 4 - Airway Foreign Body Removal

Unit III - Managing Pain Using Injectable Anesthetics
Chapter 5 - Anesthetics Agents and Procedures for Local and Field Infiltration
Chapter 6 - Procedures for Performing Regional Anesthesia
Chapter 7 - Procedures for Performing Digital Anesthesia
Chapter 8 - Procedures for Performing Beir Anesthesia
Chapter 9 - Procedures for Performing Auricular Anesthesia

Unit IV - Skin and Wound Management Procedures
Chapter 10 - Overview of Wound Healing: Anatomy and Physiology
Chapter 11 - Procedures for Managing Puncture wounds
Chapter 12 - Procedures for Removing a Soft Tissue Foreign Body
Chapter 13 - Managing Animal and Human Bites
Chapter 14 - Wound Closure Procedures
Chapter 15 - Managing Minor Burns

Unit V - Procedures for the Management of Nail and Nailbed Injuries
Chapter 16 - Procedures for Managing Ingrown Toe nails
Chapter 17 - Procedures for Treating Subungual Hematoma
Chapter 18 - Procedures for Managing Paronychia
Chapter 19 - Procedures for Managing Felon

Unit VI - Incision and Drainage Procedures
Chapter 20 - Abscess Overview
Chapter 21 - Procedures for Incision and Drainage of a Subcutaneous Abscess
Chapter 22 - Procedure for Managing a Pilonidal Abscess
Chapter 23 - Procedure for Managing Bartholin Cyst

Unit VII - Procedures for Examination and Treatment of Common Eye Injuries
Chapter 24 - Eye Examination
Chapter 25 - Managing Eye Injuries

Unit VIII - Procedures for Managing Common Nose Conditions
Chapter 26 - Procedure for Controlling Epistaxis
Chapter 27 - Procedure for Nasal Foreign Body Removal

Unit IX - Procedures for Managing Common Ear Injuries
Chapter 28 - Procedure for Cerumen Removal
Chapter 29 - Procedure for Foreign Body Removal canal and lobe
Chapter 30 - Procedure for Managing an Auricular Hematoma

Unit X - Procedures for Examination and Management of Common Dental Injuries
Chapter 31 - Dental Anatomy, Examination and Anesthetics
Chapter 32 - Procedures for Managing Dental Injuries

Unit XI - Procedures for Managing Common Musculoskeletal Conditions and Injuries
Chapter 33 - Procedure for Arthrocentesis
Chapter 34 - Procedure for Therapeutic Joint Injection
Chapter 35 - Procedure for Shoulder Dislocation
Chapter 36 - procedure for Patellar Dislocation
Chapter 37 - Procedure for Digit Dislocation
Chapter 38 - Procedure for Managing Nurse Maids Elbow
Chapter 39 - Procedure for Splinting of Extremities

Unit XII - Procedures for Managing Common Gastrointestinal Conditions
Chapter 40 - Procedure for Managing a Thrombosed Hemorrhoid

Unit XIII - Procedures for Managing Common Genitourinary Conditions
Chapter 41 - Procedure for Treating a Hair Tourniquet
Chapter 42 - Procedure for Treating a Phimosis and Paraphimosis
Chapter 43 - Suprapubic Catheter Care and Trouble Shooting
Chapter 44 - Procedure for Removal of a Vaginal Foreign Body

Unit XIV - Procedures for Performing Skin Biopsy
Chapter 45 - Procedures for Performing Skin Biopsy

Index

Reviews

"This user-friendly, easy to understand, procedurally focused resource offers the necessary background information, illustrations, and step-by-step instructions for providing safe and efficient treatment to patients in these care settings to not only the novice but to experts in emergent and urgent care."

K. Sue Hoyt, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, CEN, FAEN, FAANP
St. Mary Medical Center, Long Beach, CA
Elda G. Ramirez, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, FAANP
University of Texas Health Center Houston
(From the Foreword)

Author Bio

Theresa M Campo DNP, APRN, NP-C is a nurse practitioner in the Quick Care Center of the Emergency Department in Southern New Jersey and is owner and primary lecturer of Farfalla Education LLC. She is an adjunct professor at Case Western Reserve University and The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. Theresa has over 16 years experience in emergency medicine as a Registered Professional Nurse and Advanced Practice Nurse.

Theresa has lectured nationally and internationally as well as authored articles in peer reviewed journals.

Keith Lafferty, MD is the Student Clerkship Director at Gulf Coast Medical Center and is an adjunct assistant professor of emergency medicine at Temple University.

As a physician, Dr. Lafferty focuses on the critical care of emergency medicine and practices in both Philadelphia and Florida. As an author, he has written numerous chapters and manuscripts, mostly having to do with critical care procedures of emergency medicine, with an emphasis on the airway. He has presented many of his research papers at local and national levels.