Positioning patients for surgery /
Servant, Chris,
Positioning patients for surgery / Chris Servant, Shaun Purkiss ; with contributions from John Hughes. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002. - 1 online resource (vii, 107 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Aims of good patient positioning -- Medicolegal considerations -- Other considerations -- Abdomen -- Perineum -- Kidney -- Vascular -- Head and neck -- Breast -- Thorax -- Shoulder -- Arm (humerus and elbow) -- Forearm -- Wrist and hand -- Pelvis -- Hip -- Thigh (femur) -- Knee -- Leg (tibia and fibula) -- Ankle -- Foot -- Cervical spine -- Thoracic spine -- Lumbar spine.
This volume is a practical, procedure-by-procedure guide to patient positioning for about 50 of the most common surgical procedures, written by a multidisciplinary team of surgeons, nurses, ODAs and anaesthetists. Positioning for each procedure is described in detail and points of interest or potential hazards discussed where appropriate. Each procedure is clearly illustrated using photographs and explanatory line diagrams. Positioning Patients for Surgery is an invaluable guide for all theatre-based healthcare professionals.
9780511753589 (ebook)
Surgery, Operative--Positioning.
Operations, Surgical--Positioning.
RD32.7 / .S47 2002
617
Positioning patients for surgery / Chris Servant, Shaun Purkiss ; with contributions from John Hughes. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002. - 1 online resource (vii, 107 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Aims of good patient positioning -- Medicolegal considerations -- Other considerations -- Abdomen -- Perineum -- Kidney -- Vascular -- Head and neck -- Breast -- Thorax -- Shoulder -- Arm (humerus and elbow) -- Forearm -- Wrist and hand -- Pelvis -- Hip -- Thigh (femur) -- Knee -- Leg (tibia and fibula) -- Ankle -- Foot -- Cervical spine -- Thoracic spine -- Lumbar spine.
This volume is a practical, procedure-by-procedure guide to patient positioning for about 50 of the most common surgical procedures, written by a multidisciplinary team of surgeons, nurses, ODAs and anaesthetists. Positioning for each procedure is described in detail and points of interest or potential hazards discussed where appropriate. Each procedure is clearly illustrated using photographs and explanatory line diagrams. Positioning Patients for Surgery is an invaluable guide for all theatre-based healthcare professionals.
9780511753589 (ebook)
Surgery, Operative--Positioning.
Operations, Surgical--Positioning.
RD32.7 / .S47 2002
617