The Complete Recovery Room Book
Anthea Hatfield(Author)
Oxford University Press
Published on 1. October 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
397 pages
978-0-19-262129-0 (ISBN)
Description
Recovery from surgery and anaesthesia is an important subject about which relatively little has been written. The recovery room links the operating theatre to the wards, and immediate postoperative care is provided for patients as they regain consciousness after anaesthesia. In this book, the authors provide practical advice and theoretical information to enable those working in recovery rooms to make the transition from anaesthesia to consciousness as easy as possible for their patients. The book is divided into three sections; setting up a recovery room, including equipment, staffing and infection control; patient care in the recovery room, including routine management of recovery from various types of surgery, management of patients with special needs, and dealing with emergencies; and material for further study and teaching.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
line drawings, bibliography
ISBN-13
978-0-19-262129-0 (9780192621290)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Part 1 Setting up a recovery room: design of the recovery room; staffing and management; equipment; infection control. Part 2 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 recovery room, using systemic drugs and regional anaesthesia; intravenous fluids; the bleeding patient; drugs and infusions. Part 3 Basic physiology and useful data: the cardiovascular system; the respiratory system. Appendices: Abbreviations; Swan-Ganz catheters; useful data; assessment protocols; trays and trolleys.