Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The operating department practitioner, the patient and the law
- Chapter 2 Aspects of health and safety in the operating department
- Chapter 3 The caring practitioner
- Chapter 4 Strategies for infection control in the operating department
- Chapter 5 Sterilization, decontamination and the surgical field
- Chapter 6 The fundamentals of cardiovascular physiology
- Chapter 7 Fundamentals of respiratory physiology
- Chapter 8 Scientific principles in relation to the anaesthetic machine
- Chapter 9 Fundamentals of artificial ventilation of the lung
- Chapter 10 Scientific principles in relation to monitoring equipment
- Chapter 11 Scientific principles in relation to endoscopic, laser and radiological equipment
- Chapter 12 Pharmacological principles of drug administration
- Chapter 13 The pharmacology of drugs used in general anaesthesia
- Chapter 14 The local anaesthetic drugs - does the ideal agent exist?
- Chapter 15 The safe positioning of patients for surgery
- Chapter 16 Principles involved in the management and use of equipment
- Chapter 17 Understanding suture materials
- Chapter 18 Fundamentals ofpaediatric surgery and anaesthesia
- Chapter 19 Fundamentals of hyperthermia and hypothermia
- Chapter 20 Fundamentals of fluid and electrolyte balance during surgery
- Chapter 21 The physiology of blood and its administration
- Chapter 22 Fundamentals of pain relief
- Chapter 23 Fundamentals of dressings and drains in relation to wound healing
- Chapter 24 The recovery of patients from anaesthesia and surgery
- Chapter 25 Fundamentals of emergency and obstetric anaesthesia
- Chapter 26 Identification and management of anaesthetic emergencies
- Chapter 27 The fundamentals of emergency resuscitation
- Appendixes
- Index
Contributors
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2015
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The operating department practitioner, the patient and the law
- Chapter 2 Aspects of health and safety in the operating department
- Chapter 3 The caring practitioner
- Chapter 4 Strategies for infection control in the operating department
- Chapter 5 Sterilization, decontamination and the surgical field
- Chapter 6 The fundamentals of cardiovascular physiology
- Chapter 7 Fundamentals of respiratory physiology
- Chapter 8 Scientific principles in relation to the anaesthetic machine
- Chapter 9 Fundamentals of artificial ventilation of the lung
- Chapter 10 Scientific principles in relation to monitoring equipment
- Chapter 11 Scientific principles in relation to endoscopic, laser and radiological equipment
- Chapter 12 Pharmacological principles of drug administration
- Chapter 13 The pharmacology of drugs used in general anaesthesia
- Chapter 14 The local anaesthetic drugs - does the ideal agent exist?
- Chapter 15 The safe positioning of patients for surgery
- Chapter 16 Principles involved in the management and use of equipment
- Chapter 17 Understanding suture materials
- Chapter 18 Fundamentals ofpaediatric surgery and anaesthesia
- Chapter 19 Fundamentals of hyperthermia and hypothermia
- Chapter 20 Fundamentals of fluid and electrolyte balance during surgery
- Chapter 21 The physiology of blood and its administration
- Chapter 22 Fundamentals of pain relief
- Chapter 23 Fundamentals of dressings and drains in relation to wound healing
- Chapter 24 The recovery of patients from anaesthesia and surgery
- Chapter 25 Fundamentals of emergency and obstetric anaesthesia
- Chapter 26 Identification and management of anaesthetic emergencies
- Chapter 27 The fundamentals of emergency resuscitation
- Appendixes
- Index
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- Fundamentals of Operating Department Practice , pp. ix - xPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1999