Complete Recovery Room Book

Name: Complete Recovery Room Book
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ISBN: 9780192632180

ISBN-10: 0192632183

ISBN-13: 9780192632180

Edition: 3rd 2001 (Revised)

Authors: Anthea Hatfield, Michael Tronson

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The care that a patient receives in the first hours after surgery are crucial to minimising the risk of complications such as heart attacks, pneumonia, and blood clots. In spite of this, many hospitals still do not have formally organised recovery rooms. The Complete Recovery Room Book has established itself as the definitive guide on how to establish, equip, staff, and administer this acute care unit. The five years since completion of the previous edition have seen many changes in anaesthetic and surgical techniques, which, in some cases, enable patients to have their operation and be discharged, whether on the same day, or the day after their surgery. Pre-assessment clinics have reduced…

Book details

List price: $98.50
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/5/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 600
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 1.22" tall
Weight: 1.870
Language: English

Anthea Hatfield is an Honorary Life Member of the Pacific Island Society of Anaesthetists. Michael Tronson was previously Director of Anaesthesia at Prince Harry's Hospital, Melbourne, and Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne. He was previously a Senior Lecturer at Monash University, with over 20years' experience in medical and paramedical training. He is an Honorary Life Member of the Pacific Island Society of Anaesthetists.




Setting Up A Recovery Room



Design of the Recovery Room



Staffing and Management



Equipment



Infection Control



Patient Care



Golden Rules for the Recovery Room



Routine Recovery Room Procedure



Different Approaches for Different Age-Groups



Drains and Catheters



The Unfit Patient



Special Care with Certain Operations



Problems and Emergencies



Monitoring



Pain Control in the Delivery Room, Using Systematic Drugs and Regional Anesthesia



Intravenous Fluids



The Bleeding Patient



Drugs and Infusions



Basic Physiology and Useful Data



The Cardiovascular System



The Respiratory System