Perioperative Practice at a Glance

Paul Wicker is Head of Perioperative Studies, Faculty of Health, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, Lancashire, UK.  He is also Consultant Editor of the Journal of Operating Department Practice (published by Mark Allen Publishers) and author of Wiley title Caring for the Perioperative Patient.

• Preface viiAcknowledgements viiiSurgical and anaesthetic abbreviations and acronyms ixHow to use your textbook xiiiPart 1 Introduction to perioperative practice 11 Preoperative patient preparation 22 Theatre scrubs and personal protective equipment (PPE) 43 Preventing the transmission of infection 64 Preparing and managing equipment 85 Perioperative patient care 106 Surgical Safety Checklist – Part 1 127 Surgical Safety Checklist – Part 2 148 Legal and professional accountability 169 Interprofessional teamworking 18Part 2 Anaesthesia 2110 Preparing anaesthetic equipment 2211 Checking the anaesthetic machine 2412 Anatomy and physiology of the respiratory and cardiovascular systems 2613 Anaesthetic drugs 2814 Perioperative fluid management 3015 Monitoring the patient 3216 General anaesthesia 3417 Local anaesthesia 3618 Regional anaesthesia 38Part 3 Surgery 4119 Roles of the circulating and scrub team 4220 Basic surgical instruments 4421 Surgical scrubbing 4622 Surgical positioning 4823 Maintaining the sterile field 5024 Sterilisation and disinfection 5225 Swab and instrument counts 5426 Working with electrosurgery 5627 Tourniquet management 5828 Wounds and dressings 60Part 4 Recovery 6329 Introducing the recovery room 6430 Patient handover 6631 Postoperative patient care – Part 1 6832 Postoperative patient care – Part 2 7033 Monitoring in recovery 7234 Maintaining the airway 7435 Common postoperative problems 7636 Managing postoperative pain 7837 Managing postoperative nausea and vomiting 80Part 5 Perioperative emergencies 8338 Caring for the critically ill 8439 Airway problems 8640 Rapid sequence induction 8841 Bleeding problems 9042 Malignant hyperthermia 9243 Cardiovascular problems 9444 Electrosurgical burns 9645 Venous thromboembolism 9846 Latex allergy 100Part 6 Advanced surgical practice 10347 Assisting the surgeon 10448 Shaving, marking, prepping and draping 10649 Retraction of tissues 10850 Suture techniques and materials 11051 Haemostatic techniques 11252 Laparoscopic surgery 11453 Orthopaedic surgery 11654 Cardiac surgery 11855 Things to do after surgery 120References and further reading 122Index 144