The Complete Recovery Room Book

The care that a patient receives in the first hours after surgery is crucial to minimizing the risk of complications such as heart attacks, pneumonia, and blood clots. As the patient awakes from their drug-induced coma, it takes time for them to metabolize and excrete these drugs, during which period they remain unable to care for themselves, and at increased risk of harm. The body undergoes extreme physiological assault from pain, hypothermia, hypoxia, acid-base disturbance and shifts in blood volume. The recovery room staff must manage these symptoms in both comatose and physiologically unstable patients, and deal with the immediate post-operative care of surgical patients by attending to drips, drains and dressings. It is an environment where many skills and equipment are brought together, and successful development of these units has significantly reduced the number of deaths from preventable conditions. In helping the patient from the high pressure operating theatre to the wards, nurses, surgeons and anaesthetists will be required to manage day-to-day problems, but also make difficult decisions.Previous editions of this book have established it as the definitive guide to setting-up, equipping, staffing, and administering this acute care unit. It includes basic science such as physiology and pharmacology, specific symptoms including pain and vomiting, and has chapters devoted to the unique post-operative needs of individual types of surgery. This new edition brings this important text up to date, including new material on risk management, administration and quality control; expanded sections on anaesthetic practice and infection prevention; and incorporating the recent developments in pain control, nausea and vomiting, care of children, pregnancy, and care of the cardiac patient.

ISBN 0199232687   Pages 688 ISBN13 9780199232680 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Oxford University Press   Weight (grammes) 967 Imprint Oxford University Press   Published in Oxford Format Paperback   Previous ISBN 9780192632180 Publication date 27 Nov 2008   Height (mm) 234 Library of Congress RD51   Width (mm) 156 DEWEY 617.919   Spine width (mm) 34 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly

		20 Golden Rules
1		Recovery room routines		1
2		Recovery room procedures		29
3		Monitoring and equipment		41
4		Pain		65
5		Postoperative pain		75
6		Analgesics		85
7		Postoperative nausea and vomiting		117
8		Regional analgesia		133
9		Special problems		153
10		Pharmacology		177
11		Mothers and babies		191
12		Paediatrics		205
13		The elderly patient		233
14		Respiratory physiology		243
15		The respiratory system		255
16		Cardiovascular physiology		285
17		Cardiovascular disease		299
18		Cardiopulmonary resuscitation		339
19		Shock		347
20		Crisis management		353
21		The kidney		365
22		Fluid balance		383
23		Metabolism		399
24		Chronic disorders		431
25		The bleeding patient		453
26		Surgical issues		491
27		Infection control		519
28		Design of recovery room		537
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The fact that Hatfield and Tronson's book is in its fourth edition is an indication of its success. Essential reading for healthcare professionals involved in post-operative care Nursing Standard This book covers all aspects of recovery room management and explains the relevant physiology and pharmacology for the better understanding of specific problems. The style and language is easy and consistent, as all the chapters are written by two experienced authors. British Journals of Anaesthesia An uncomplicated read without over-simplification. This is no mean feat... This book is a very useful reference source AfPP

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