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Medical Student Survival Skills


Medical Student Survival Skills

Procedural Skills
1. Aufl.

von: Philip Jevon, Ruchi Joshi

24,99 €

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 01.04.2019
ISBN/EAN: 9781118870549
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 200

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<p>Medical students encounter many challenges on their path to success, from managing their time, applying theory to practice, and passing exams. <i>The Medical Student Survival Skills</i> series helps medical students navigate core subjects of the curriculum, providing accessible, short reference guides for OSCE preparation and hospital placements. These guides are the perfect tool for achieving clinical success.</p> <p><i>Medical Student Survival Skills: Procedural Skills</i> is the ideal guide for medical students tasked with performing a core set of clinical procedures. A vital part of any medical training, these procedures range from basic body temperature and blood pressure measurements to more advanced arterial blood gas sampling and ophthalmoscopic techniques. This indispensable guide enables students to quickly lookup relevant information on the go, carry out clinical procedures with minimal supervision and apply procedural knowledge to their OSCE exams.</p>
<p>About the companion website vii</p> <p>1 Measuring body temperature 1</p> <p>2 Measuring pulse and blood pressure 7</p> <p>3 Transcutaneous monitoring of oxygen saturations 13</p> <p>4 Peak expiratory flow 17</p> <p>5 Venepuncture 21</p> <p>6 Managing blood samples correctly 25</p> <p>7 Taking blood cultures 29</p> <p>8 Measuring capillary blood glucose 33</p> <p>9 ECG monitoring 37</p> <p>10 Recording a 12 lead ECG 41</p> <p>11 Basic respiratory function tests 45</p> <p>12 Urine multi‐dipstick test 49</p> <p>13 Advising patients on how to collect a mid‐stream urine specimen 53</p> <p>14 Taking nose, throat, and skin swabs 57</p> <p>15 Performing a pregnancy test 63</p> <p>16 Administering oxygen 69</p> <p>17 Airway management: Insertion of oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal airways 75</p> <p>18 Ventilation: Pocket mask and self‐inflating bag 81</p> <p>19 Defibrillation (manual and automated) 87</p> <p>20 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation 91</p> <p>21 Establishing peripheral intravenous access 101</p> <p>22 Use of infusion devices 107</p> <p>23 Making up drugs for parenteral administration 111</p> <p>24 Dosage and administration of insulin and use of sliding scales 115</p> <p>25 Administering a subcutaneous injection 119</p> <p>26 Intravenous injections 123</p> <p>27 Administration of blood transfusion 127</p> <p>28 Male and female urinary catheterisation 135</p> <p>29 Instructing patients in the use of devices for inhaled medication 147</p> <p>30 Skin suturing 151</p> <p>31 Application of a sling 155</p> <p>32 Safe disposal of clinical waste, needles, and other ‘sharps’ 159</p> <p>33 Arterial blood gas sampling 165</p> <p>34 Examination of the ear 169</p> <p>35 Ophthalmoscopy 175</p> <p>36 Relieving foreign body airway obstruction 181</p> <p>Index 185</p>
<p><b>Philip Jevon</b> is Honorary Clinical Lecturer at Birmingham Medical School and Academy Manager/Tutor, Walsall Teaching Academy, Manor Hospital, Walsall, UK. <p><b>Ruchi Joshi</b> is Clinical Director for Emergency and Acute Medicine, Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, Manor Hospital, Walsall, UK.
<p>Medical Student <p><b>Survival Skills</b> <p>Medical students encounter many challenges on their path to success, from managing their time, applying theory to practice, and passing exams. The<i> Medical Student Survival Skills</i> series helps medical students navigate core subjects of the curriculum, providing accessible, short reference guides for OSCE preparation and hospital placements. These guides are the perfect tool for achieving clinical success. <p><i>Medical Student Survival Skills: Procedural Skills</i> is the ideal guide for medical students tasked with performing a core set of clinical procedures. A vital part of any medical training, these procedures range from basic body temperature and blood pressure measurements to more advanced arterial blood gas sampling and ophthalmoscopic techniques. This indispensable guide enables students to quickly lookup relevant information on the go, carry out clinical procedures with minimal supervision and apply procedural knowledge to their OSCE exams.

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