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Informationen zum Autor Paul Wicker is Visiting Professor at the First Hospital of Nanjing, China and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK. Sara Dalby is Surgical Care Practitioner at Aintree University Hospital Trust, and Associate Lecturer at Edge Hill University, UK. Klappentext Rapid Perioperative Care is an essential text for students and practitioners requiring up-to-date fundamental information on the perioperative environment. Covering a wide range of subjects related to perioperative practice and care, each chapter is concise and focused to guide the reader to find information quickly and effectively. This book uses a structured approach to perioperative care, starting with an introduction to the perioperative environment, anaesthetics, surgery and recovery, followed by postoperative problems and finally the roles of the Surgical Care Practitioner (SCP).Covering all the key topics in the perioperative environment, this concise and easy-to-read title is the perfect quick-reference book for students and theatre practitioners to support them in their work in clinical practice, and enable them to deliver the best possible care. Zusammenfassung Rapid Perioperative Care is an essential text for students and practitioners requiring up-to-date fundamental information on the perioperative environment. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface ix Acknowledgements xi Abbreviations xiii Section 1 Preoperative Preparation 1 Paul Wicker 1 The Role of the Anaesthetic Practitioner 3 2 The Role of the Surgical Practitioner 7 3 The Role of the Recovery Practitioner 11 4 Preoperative Assessment of Perioperative Patients 14 5 Perioperative Patient Care 21 6 Operating Theatre Attire and Personal Protective Equipment 27 7 Surgical Safety Checklist 29 8 Teaching Students How to Use Operating Theatre Equipment 32 9 Perioperative Equipment 37 10 Managing Perioperative Medication 41 11 Interprofessional Learning and Collaboration 46 12 Preventing Surgical Site Infection 49 13 Skin Preparation for Surgery 52 References and Further Reading 54 Section 2 Anaesthesia 65 Paul Wicker 14 Preoperative Evaluation of the Anaesthetic Patient 67 15 Preparing Anaesthetic Equipment 70 16 Checking the Anaesthetic Machine 74 17 Anatomy and Physiology: The Cardiovascular System 78 18 Anatomy and Physiology: The Lungs 82 19 General Anaesthesia 85 20 Local Anaesthesia 89 21 Regional Anaesthesia 93 22 Rapid Sequence Induction 96 23 Total Intravenous Anaesthesia (TIVA) 101 24 Airway Management 104 25 General Anaesthetic Pharmacology 109 26 Intraoperative Fluid Management 112 27 Monitoring Perioperative Patients 115 References and Further Reading 118 Section 3 Surgical Specialities 129 Sara Dalby 28 Laparoscopic Surgery 131 29 Vascular Surgery 134 30 Cardiothoracic Surgery 138 31 Orthopaedics and Trauma 143 32 Gynaecology Surgery 148 33 Plastic Surgery 153 34 Urology 157 35 Breast Surgery 161 36 Endocrine Surgery 165 37 Colorectal Surgery 168 38 Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery 174 39 Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery 178 References and Further Reading 183 Section 4 Surgical Scrub Skills 191 Sara Dalby 40 Basic Surgical Instrumentation 193 41 Surgical Positioning 196 42 Thermoregulation 201 43 Skin Preparation 205 44 Surgical Draping 208 45 Surgical Site Marking 210 46 Swab Counts, Sharps and Instrument Checks 213 47 Measures to Prevent Wound Infection 217 48 Electrosurgery 221 49 Wound Healing and Dressings 225 50 Bladder Cat...
