Oxford Handbook of Perioperative Practice

Taking a logical sequence to follow the journey of the patient from anaesthesia to surgery, then on to the post-anaesthetic recovery area, this new edition of Perioperative Practice provides guidance on all aspect of patient care and support.

List of contents

• 1: Suzanne Hughes, Harri Jones, Andy Mardell, and Sandra Fender: Perioperative practice


• 2: Kaye Jones and Suzanne Hughes: Ethicolegal aspects of perioperative practice


• 3: Jayne Hancock, Suzanne Hughes, Ben Davies, Sian Bill, Melda Price, Sandra Fender, Gerwyn Jones, Alicia Stringfellow, Sue Barker, Gemma Stacey-Emile, Sarah Fry, Charles Hughes, and Tim Nagle: Admission of surgical patients


• 4: Suzanne Hughes: Preadmission management


• 5: Suzanne Hughes, Beverley Johnson, Ben Stanfield-Davies, Neil Thomas, Susan Ward, Andrew Santos, Jayne Hancock, Gaynor Williams, Lindsey James-Lee, Claire Job, Georgios Tsigkas, and Natalea Purnell: Patients with comorbidities


• 6: Suzanne Highes, Geinor Bean, Andy Mardell, Sian Bill, Melda Price, and Peter McNee: Patient safety


• 7: Suzanne Hughes and Sherran Milton: Principles of anaesthesia


• 8: Suzannre Hughes, Alex Bradbury, Sherran Milton, Anthony Pritchard, and Paul Hennessy: Essential anaesthetic equipment


• 9: Suzanne Hughes and Alun Morgan: Scientific principles


• 10: Alex Harmer, Suzanne Hughes, and Olwen Cooper: Airway management


• 11: Sherran Milton, Tim Lewis, Barbara Jones, and Nick Groves: Complications of anaesthesia


• 12: Gaynor Hamlington and Suzanne Hughes: Specialist anaesthesia


• 13: Melissa Rochon: Patient skin preparation


• 14: Andy Mardell and Moyra Journeaux: Operating theatre practice


• 15: Andy Mardell: Patient positioning for surgery


• 16: Katie Summerhill, Hazel Smith, and Alison James: Surgical equipment


• 17: Hazel Smith: Wound management


• 18: Afzal Zaidi, Katie Summerhill, Suzanne Hughes, and Georgios Tsigkas: Specialist surgery


• 19: Ben Davies: Preparation of the post-anaesthetic care unit


• 20: Gaynor Hamlington, Anthony Pritchard, Nelson Selvaraj, Suzanne Hughes, Dawn Daniel, Ben Davies, Rachel Brent, and Jayne Hancock: Managing the post-anaesthesia patient


• 21: Nisha Bhudia, Felicia Cox, and Suzanne Hughes: Perioperative pharmacology


• 22: Felicia Cox: Pain management


• 23: Andy Parry and Suzanne Hughes: Perioperative drugs I


• 24: Andy Parry, Suzanne Hughes, Harri Jones, and Rhys Jones: Perioperative drugs II


• 25: Paul Hennessy, Suzanne Hughes, and Hannah Grainger: Fluid therapy and replacement


• 26: Tim Lewis, Ricky Hellyar, Andy Parry, Jan Campsie, Suzanne Hughes, Andy Mardell, Jayne Hancock, Ben Stanfield-Davies, Neil Thomas, Susan Ward, and Lindsey James-Lee: Emergency care

About the author

Suzanne Hughes works as a Senior Lecturer in the Cardiff School of Healthcare Sciences at Cardiff University. She is involved in teaching and curriculum development for undergraduate and post-graduate students.

She has contributed to wider educational activities that influence public policy and health and has significant experience in academic quality assurance assessments, validation panels at local and external institutions. She is a quality reviewer/assessor for professional bodies and the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence for surgery related guidelines, and a reviewer for many publishing houses.

Suzanne's sustained contribution to knowledge transfer is evident through national and international publications related to the field of surgical nursing and education for healthcare professionals, which are widely used by practising nurses and healthcare academics.

Summary

Filled with clinical information and practical advice, this second edition of the Oxford Handbook of Perioperative Practice has been substantially updated to reflect changes in the field. Taking a logical sequence to follow the journey of the patient from anaesthesia to surgery, then on to the post-anaesthetic recovery area, it provides guidance on all aspect of patient care and support.

Specialty surgery, such as bariatric surgery, has been included in a new chapter to cover developments in the field and the increase in NHS provision of these services since the first edition was published. This has been reflected in covering the pre-surgical requirements to newer types of surgery, including psychological interventions and implications for practitioners who need to cover anaesthetics, surgery, and post-anaesthetic care separately.

With easy to access information about essential information and various medical conditions, this volume has been written by expert teaching staff and clinicians who work within the speciality. Unique and indispensable, this book gives a wealth of practical information at your fingertips.

Additional text

The text reflects contemporary best practice...this handbook will be particularly helpful for students and newly qualified operating department practitioner...I would have loved this book as a newly qualified practitioner, I could see myself buying this book, especially if I decided to move to another hospital or region again, to refresh my knowledge regarding different surgical specialities and perioperative approaches...have already recommended the book to my students as it would be a huge asset whilst writing their assignments and a great help during practical placements and at the start of their careers.

Product details

• Authors: Suzanne J Hughes
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2023
• EAN: 9780198783787
• ISBN: 978-0-19-878378-7
• No. of pages: 864
• Series: Oxford Handbooks in Nursing
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Surgery, MEDICAL / Surgery / General, MEDICAL / Anesthesiology, Anaesthetics, Peri-operative care