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The Complete Recovery Room Book
Fourth Edition
Anthea Hatfield and Michael Tronson
688 pages
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83 black and white line illustrations
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234x156mm
978-0-19-923268-0
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Paperback
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27 November 2008
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- The definitive guide to establishing and running an acute care unit
- Designed to help those working in the recovery room manage problems on a day-to-day basis, and to make difficult decisions
- A glossary makes all terms employed in the recovery room accessible to both experienced and novice practitioners
- Written so each chapter can stand alone, this book can be read in sections as they are needed
- Short aphorisms are scattered throughout the text to help retain information
- Includes 20 invaluable Golden Rules that all those working in the recovery room should follow
New to this edition - Includes new material on risk management, administration, and quality control, and many new diagrams and tables
- Features expanded sections on anaesthetic practice and the prevention of infection
- Takes account of recent developments in pain control, nausea and vomiting, care of children, pregnancy, and care of the cardiac patient
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 body undergoes extreme physiological assault from pain, hypothermia, hypoxia, acid-base disturbance and shifts in blood volume. The recovery room staff must manage these symptoms in both comatose and
physiologically unstable patients, and deal with the immediate post-operative care of surgical patients by attending to drips, drains and dressings. It is an environment where many skills and equipment are brought together, and successful development of these units has significantly reduced the number of deaths from preventable conditions.
In helping the patient from the high pressure operating theatre to the wards, nurses, surgeons and anaesthetists will be required to manage day-to-day problems, but also make difficult decisions. Previous editions of this book have established it as the definitive guide to setting-up, equipping, staffing, and administering this 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, including new material on risk management, administration and quality control; expanded sections on anaesthetic practice and infection prevention; and incorporating the recent developments in pain control, nausea and vomiting, care of children, pregnancy, and care of the cardiac patient.Readership: All staff who work in the recovery room, including junior anaesthetists/surgeons, recovery room nurses, and all those involved in postoperative care.
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Anthea Hatfield, Consultant Anaesthetist, Taranaki Base Hospital, New Plymouth, New Zealand, and Michael Tronson, Anaesthetist in charge of Preoperative Assessment, Box Hill Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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"The fact that Hatfield and Tronson's book is in its fourth edition is an indication of its success. Essential reading for healthcare professionals involved in post-operative care" - Nursing Standard "This book covers all aspects of recovery room management and explains the relevant physiology and pharmacology for the better understanding of specific problems. The style and language is easy and consistent, as all the chapters are written by two experienced authors." - British Journals of Anaesthesia "An uncomplicated read without over-simplification. This is no mean feat... This book is a very useful reference source" - AfPP
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Golden rules
1: Recovery room routines
2: Recovery room procedures
3: Monitoring and equipment
4: Pain
5: Postoperative pain
6: Analgesics
7: Postoperative nausea and vomiting
8: Regional analgesia
9: Special problems
10: Pharmacology
11: Mothers and babies
12: Paediatrics
13: The elderly patient
14: Respiratory physiology
15: The respiratory system
16: Cardiovascular physiology
17: Cardiovascular disease
18: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
19: Shock
20: Crisis management
21: The kidney
22: Fluid balance
23: Metabolism
24: Chronic disorders
25: The bleeding patient
26: Surgical issues
27: Infection control
28: Design of recovery room
29: Working with people
30: Working with facts
Appendix 1: Trolley setups
Appendix 2: Infusions
Glossary
Abbreviations
Useful data
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