Berry & Kohn's operating room technique. (©2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Berry and Kohn's operating room technique; Operating room technique
• Further Information: Note: Nancymarie Phillips.
• Other Names: Phillips, Nancymarie Fortunato; Berry, Edna Cornelia; Mosby, Inc.
• Contents: Fundamentals of Theory and Practice. Perioperative education -- Foundations of perioperative patient care standards -- Legal, regulatory, and ethical issues. -- The Perioperative Patient Care Team. The perioperative patient care team and professional credentialing -- The surgical first assistant -- Administration of perioperative patient care services. -- The Patient as a Unique Individual. The patient: the reason for your existence -- Perioperative pediatrics -- Perioperative geriatrics. -- The Perioperative Environment. Physical facilities -- Ambulatory surgery centers and alternative surgical locations -- Care of the perioperative environment -- Potential sources of injury to the caregiver and the patient. -- Surgical Asepsis and Sterile Technique. Surgical microbiology and antimicrobial therapy -- Principles of aseptic and sterile techniques -- Appropriate attire, surgical hand hygiene, and gowning and gloving -- Decontamination and disinfection -- Sterilization. -- Surgical Instrumentation and Equipment. Surgical instrumentation -- Specialized surgical equipment. -- Preoperative Patient Care. Preoperative preparation of the patient -- Diagnostics, specimens, and oncologic considerations. -- Pharmacology and Anesthesia. Surgical pharmacology -- Anesthesia: techniques and agents. -- Intraoperative Patient Care. Coordinated roles of the scrub person and the circulating nurse -- Positioning, prepping, and draping the patient -- Physiologic maintenance and monitoring of the perioperative patient. -- Surgical Site Management. Surgical incisions, implants, and wound closure -- Wound healing and hemostasis. -- Perianesthesia and Postprocedural Patient Care. Postoperative patient care -- Potential perioperative complications. -- Surgical Specialties. Endoscopy and robotic-assisted surgery -- General surgery -- Gynecologic and obstetric surgery -- Urologic surgery -- Orthopedic surgery -- Neurosurgery of the brain and peripheral nerves -- Spinal surgery -- Ophthalmic surgery -- Plastic and reconstructive surgery -- Otorhinolaryngologic and head and neck surgery -- Thoracic surgery -- Cardiac surgery -- Vascular surgery -- Organ procurement and transplantation.
• Publisher Details: St. Louis, Mo : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2013
• Copyright Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvii, 1031 pages), color illustrations
• Subjects: 617.0231; Operating room nursing; Operating Room Nursing -- methods; Operating Room Technicians; Perioperative Care -- methods; Operating room nursing
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780323073585; 0323073581; 9780323266185; 0323266185
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.