Fundamentals of Operating Department Practice

 

Description:

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.

 

 

Table of Contents:

 

Chapter 1 The Caring Perioperative Practitioner

Chapter 2 Evidence-Based Operating Department Practice

Chapter 3 Healthcare Ethics and Professional Regulation in Operating Department Practice

Chapter 4 Operating Department Practice and the Law

Chapter 5 Health and Safety in the Perioperative Environment

Chapter 6 Fundamentals of Operating Department Design

Chapter 7 Fundamentals of Infection Prevention and Control in the Operating Department

Chapter 8 Fundamentals of Cardiovascular Physiology

Chapter 9 Recognition and Interpretation of the Electrocardiogram

Chapter 10 Fundamentals of Respiratory Physiology

Chapter 11 Introduction to General Anaesthesia

Chapter 12 Fundamentals of Airway Management

Chapter 13 Artificial Ventilation

Chapter 14 Management of Perioperative Medical Emergencies

Chapter 15 Total Intravenous Anaesthesia

Chapter 16 Fundamentals of Basic Patient Monitoring

Chapter 17 Haemodynamic Monitoring

Chapter 18 Fundamentals of Regional Anaesthesia

Chapter 19 Fundamentals of the Anaesthetic Machine

Chapter 20 Anaesthetic Breathing Systems

Chapter 21 Pharmacological Agents in Anaesthetic Practice

Chapter 22 Fundamentals of Emergency Obstetric Care

Chapter 23 Care of the Bariatric Patient

Chapter 24 Fundamentals of Decontamination and Sterilisation

Chapter 25 Management and Use of Medical Equipment

Chapter 26 Fundamentals of the Surgical Scrub Role

Chapter 27 Fundamentals of Patient Positioning for Surgery

Chapter 28 Fundamentals of Perioperative Thermoregulation

Chapter 29 Fundamentals of Fluid and Electrolyte Balance during Surgery

Chapter 30 The Physiology of Blood and Its Administration

Chapter 31 Fundamentals of Wound Healing, Dressings, and Drains

Chapter 32 Understanding Sutures and Skin Closure

Chapter 33 Perioperative Care of the Paediatric Patient

Chapter 34 Perioperative Pain Management

Chapter 35 Recovery of Patients from Anaesthesia and Surgery

Chapter 36 The Fundamentals of Emergency Resuscitation

Chapter 37 Human Factors, Ergonomics, and Non-technical Skills

Chapter 38 Understanding Intraoperative Death

Chapter 39 Extended and Advanced Roles in Perioperative Pract

Index