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Positioning patients for surgery / Chris Servant, Shaun Purkiss ; with contributions from John Hughes.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002Description: 1 online resource (vii, 107 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780511753589 (ebook)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version: : No titleDDC classification:
  • 617 21
LOC classification:
  • RD32.7 .S47 2002
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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