The Complete Recovery Room Book

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Medical, Specialties, Critical Care, Anesthesiology
Cover of the book The Complete Recovery Room Book by Anthea Hatfield, OUP Oxford
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Anthea Hatfield ISBN: 9780191644146
Publisher: OUP Oxford Publication: February 27, 2014
Imprint: OUP Oxford Language: English
Author: Anthea Hatfield
ISBN: 9780191644146
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Publication: February 27, 2014
Imprint: OUP Oxford
Language: English

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 recovery room staff must manage both comatose and physiologically unstable patients, and deal with the immediate post-operative care of surgical patients. The fifth edition of this popular book provides nurses, surgeons and anaesthetists with clear guidance on how to manage day-to-day problems and how to make difficult decisions. Previous editions of this book have established it as the definitive guide to setting-up, equipping, staffing, and administering an 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 and new drugs and techniques for monitoring are described. A new section looks ahead to the future development and design of recovery rooms and how they can contribute to patient well being.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

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 recovery room staff must manage both comatose and physiologically unstable patients, and deal with the immediate post-operative care of surgical patients. The fifth edition of this popular book provides nurses, surgeons and anaesthetists with clear guidance on how to manage day-to-day problems and how to make difficult decisions. Previous editions of this book have established it as the definitive guide to setting-up, equipping, staffing, and administering an 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 and new drugs and techniques for monitoring are described. A new section looks ahead to the future development and design of recovery rooms and how they can contribute to patient well being.

More books from OUP Oxford

Cover of the book Life On Air by Anthea Hatfield
Cover of the book All From One by Anthea Hatfield
Cover of the book Alternative Investment Funds in Europe by Anthea Hatfield
Cover of the book Oxford Desk Reference: Acute Medicine by Anthea Hatfield
Cover of the book Sayings of the Buddha by Anthea Hatfield
Cover of the book A Brief History of Neoliberalism by Anthea Hatfield
Cover of the book Kinship in Ancient Athens by Anthea Hatfield
Cover of the book Why Does Tragedy Give Pleasure? by Anthea Hatfield
Cover of the book Oxford Handbook of Cardiology by Anthea Hatfield
Cover of the book Berlin Tales by Anthea Hatfield
Cover of the book Probability: A Very Short Introduction by Anthea Hatfield
Cover of the book Visionary Spenser and the Poetics of Early Modern Platonism by Anthea Hatfield
Cover of the book My Sister Rosalind Franklin by Anthea Hatfield
Cover of the book Reinventing Business Models by Anthea Hatfield
Cover of the book Oroonoko and Other Writings by Anthea Hatfield
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy