
On Call Procedures
On Call Series
Saunders (Publisher)
Published in August 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-7216-7304-2 (ISBN)
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Description
This new pocket-sized volume in the W. B. Saunder's "On Call" series provides essential guidance for the procedures readers are likely to perform while on call. This concise, quick-reference gives indications and step-by-step instructions for safely and effectively performing a variety of invasive medical and surgical procedures.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Health Sciences
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Medical Residents and Students, Physician Assistants, Osteopaths.
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
Illustd
Dimensions
Height: 186 mm
Width: 123 mm
Weight
270 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7216-7304-2 (9780721673042)
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03/2006
2nd Edition
Saunders
€67.11
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Content
Part 1 General considerations: the need for medical procedures; documentation of procedures; hazards of body fluid exposure; conscious sedation; sterile technique. Part 2 Procedures: endotracheal intubation - cricothyroidotomy, emergency tracheotomy, nasotracheal intubation, orotracheal intubation; intravascular access - Seldinger technique, arterial lines, peripheral artery by percutaneous technique, femoral artery by Seldinger technique, IABP, cut down approach, changing lines over a wire, central venous lines, internal jugular vein, subclavian vein, femoral vein, long arm (PIC) lines, placement of Swanz-Ganz catheters, peripheral venous lines; abdominal procedures -peritoneal dialysis access, peritoneal tap; gastrointestinal tubes - nasogastric tube, other feeding tube, replacement of enterocutaneous feeding tubes, mercury weighted tube, Minnesota tube, rectal tube; neurologic procedures - lumbar puncture, ventriculotomy; thoracic procedures - pericardiocentesis, thoracentesis, tube thoracostomy; urinary drainage - transurethral catheterization, suprapubic tube; regional nerve blocks -orofacial nerve block, digit block, wrist nerve block, median nerve, radial nerve, ulnar nerve.