Medical Student Survival Skills

Philip Jevon is Honorary Clinical Lecturer at Birmingham Medical School and Academy Manager/Tutor, Walsall Teaching Academy, Manor Hospital, Walsall, UK. Ruchi Joshi is Clinical Director for Emergency and Acute Medicine, Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, Manor Hospital, Walsall, UK.

About the companion website vii 1 Measuring body temperature 1 2 Measuring pulse and blood pressure 7 3 Transcutaneous monitoring of oxygen saturations 13 4 Peak expiratory flow 17 5 Venepuncture 21 6 Managing blood samples correctly 25 7 Taking blood cultures 29 8 Measuring capillary blood glucose 33 9 ECG monitoring 37 10 Recording a 12 lead ECG 41 11 Basic respiratory function tests 45 12 Urine multidipstick test 49 13 Advising patients on how to collect a midstream urine specimen 53 14 Taking nose, throat, and skin swabs 57 15 Performing a pregnancy test 63 16 Administering oxygen 69 17 Airway management: Insertion of oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal airways 75 18 Ventilation: Pocket mask and selfinflating bag 81 19 Defibrillation (manual and automated) 87 20 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation 91 21 Establishing peripheral intravenous access 101 22 Use of infusion devices 107 23 Making up drugs for parenteral administration 111 24 Dosage and administration of insulin and use of sliding scales 115 25 Administering a subcutaneous injection 119 26 Intravenous injections 123 27 Administration of blood transfusion 127 28 Male and female urinary catheterisation 135 29 Instructing patients in the use of devices for inhaled medication 147 30 Skin suturing 151 31 Application of a sling 155 32 Safe disposal of clinical waste, needles, and other sharps 159 33 Arterial blood gas sampling 165 34 Examination of the ear 169 35 Ophthalmoscopy 175 36 Relieving foreign body airway obstruction 181 Index 185