Fundamentals of Operating Department Practice

Preface; Introduction; 1. The operating department practitioner, the patient and the law J. Ballance and P. Duxbury; 2. Aspects of health and safety in the operating department T. Williams; 3. The caring practitioner A. Davey; 4. Strategies for infection control in the operating department A. Deane; 5. Sterilization, decontamination and the surgical field T. Kerry; 6. The fundamentals of cardiovascular physiology R. M. King and C. S. Ince; 7. Fundamentals of respiratory physiology E. C. Howard; 8. Scientific principles in relation to the anaesthetic machine C. S. Ince, A. C. Skinner and E. Taft; 9. Fundamentals of artificial ventilation of the lung R. R. Macmillan; 10. Scientific principles in relation to monitoring equipment C. S. Ince and A. C. Skinner; 11. Scientific principles in relation to endoscopic, laser and radiological equipment G. Grice; 12. Pharmacological principles of drug administration E. Whelan; 13. The pharmacology of drugs used in general anaesthesia E. Whelan and H. Davis; 14. The local anaesthetic drugs - does the ideal agent exist? A. C. Skinner; 15. The safe positioning of patients for surgery S. Collins and A. Davey; 16. Principles involved in the management and use of equipment M. Greenall; 17. Understanding suture materials M. H. Scott; 18. Fundamentals of paediatric surgery and anaesthesia P. D. Booker; 19. Fundamentals of hyperthermia and hypothermia C. S. Ince; 20. Fundamentals of fluid and electrolyte balance during surgery R. M. King; 21. The physiology of blood and its administration P. Bolton-Maggs; 22. Fundamentals of pain relief V. Nelson; 23. Fundamentals of dressings and drains in relation to wound healing A. Davey and R. M. King; 24. The recovery of patients from anaesthesia and surgery M. Maguire; 25. Fundamentals of emergency and obstetric anaesthesia T. Ryan; 26. Identification and management of anaesthetic emergencies R. Wenstone; 27. The fundamentals of emergency resuscitation T. Hankin; Appendixes; Index.