Oxford Handbook of Perioperative Practice (Oxford Handbooks in Nursing)

The Oxford Handbook of Perioperative Practice offers readers practical, easily accessible, concise, and up-to-date evidence-based information on the essential elements of perioperative practice. It provides a thorough introduction to the principles and practice of anaesthetics, intraoperative care, and recovery nursing, focusing on the patient's journey, before, during, and after surgery. Containing many helpful illustrations and diagrams to guide the reader, along with references to national and international guidelines, the Oxford Handbook of Perioperative Practice assists practitioners in meeting the individual needs of surgical patients while ensuring safe and efficient care delivery. It enables readers to easily locate information about essential skills, patients' medical conditions, and perioperative and surgical patient management. It covers all setps of the perioperative process, and also contains an extensive section on pharmacology, as well as a section on perioperative emergencies. The book is clearly laid out and written in an easily readable note-based style. Blank pages are included for the reader, so that notes, observations, and local protocols can be included, thereby individualizing the handbook. Written by teaching staff and clinicians from the fields of nursing, operating department practice and pharmacy, the OXford Handbook of Perioperative Practice offers an interdisciplinary and interprofessional approach to perioperative practice for those studying the subject and those practicing within the perioperative environment. The Oxford Handbook of Perioperative Practice offers readers practical, easily accessible, concise and up-to-date evidence-based information on the essential elements of perioperative practice. It provides a thorough introduction to the principles and practice of anaesthetics, intraoperative care and recovery nursing, focussing on the patients'journey before, during and after surgery. Containing many helpful illustrations and diagrams to guide the reader, along with references to national and international guidelines, the Oxford Handbook of Perioperative Practice assists practitioners in meeting the individual needs of surgical patients while ensuring safe and efficient care delivery. It enables readers to easily locate information about essential skills, patients'medical conditions, and perioperative and surgical patient management. It covers all steps of the perioperative process, and also contains an extensive section on pharmacology, as well as a section on perioperative emergencies. The book is clearly laid out, and written in an easily readable note-based style. Blank pages are included for the reader, so that notes, observations, and local protocols can be included, thereby individualising the Handbook. Written by teaching staff and clinicians from the fields of nursing, operating department practice and pharmacy, the Oxford Handbook of Perioperative Practice offers an inter-disciplinary and inter-professional approach to perioperative practice for those studying the subject and those practising within the perioperative environment. Dedication 7 Foreword • Jean White 9 Preface 11 Acknowledgements 13 Contents 15 Surgical terms 24 Symbols and abbreviations 25 Detailed contents 35 Section 1: Principles of perioperative care 45 1 Perioperative practice 47 2 Professional issues in perioperative practice 59 3 Admission of surgical patients 67 Section 2: Preoperative care 91 4 Pre-assessment of surgical patients 93 5 Patients with pre-existing disease 101 6 Preparing the patient for theatre 129 Section 3: Principles of anaesthesia 151 7 Principles of anaesthesia 153 8 Essential anaesthetic equipment 175 9 Scientific principles 213 10 Airway management 229 11 Complications associated with anaesthesia 251 12 Specialist anaesthesia 269 Section 4: Intraoperative care 291 13 Decontamination and sterilisation 293 14 Thermoregulation 299 15 Patient skin preparation 303 16 Operating theatre practice 315 17 Patient positioning for surgery 369 18 Wound management 379 19 Surgical equipment 393 20 Preparation of the recovery room 411 Section 5: Postoperative care 421 21 Caring for the post-anaesthesia patient 423 22 Perioperative pharmacology 479 23 Pain management 513 24 Perioperative drugs 523 25 Fluid therapy and fluid replacement 579 Section 6: Management principles of emergency care 593 26 Emergency care 595 Index 653 This handbook provides practical, easily accessible and up-to-date evidence-based information on the essential elements of perioperative practice. It offers a thorough introduction to the principles and practice of anaesthetic practice, intraoperative care and recovery nursing. ## Abstract Provides practical, easily accessible and up-to-date evidence-based information on the essential elements of perioperative practice.