Fundamentals of operating department practice / edited by Daniel Roger, [and 3 others].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The caring perioperative practitioner -- Evidence-based operating department practice -- Healthcare ethics and professional regulation in operating department practice -- Operating department practice and the law -- Health and safety in the perioperative environment -- Fundamentals of operating department design -- Fundamentals of infection prevention and control in the operating department -- Fundamentals of cardiovascular physiology -- Recognition and interpretation of the electrocardiogram -- Fundamentals of respiratory physiology -- Introduction to general anesthesia -- Fundamentals of airway management -- Artificial ventilation -- Management of perioperative medical emergencies -- Total intravenous anesthesia -- Fundamentals of basic patient monitoring -- Hemodynamic monitoring -- Fundamentals of regional anaesthesia -- Fundamentals of the anaesthetic machine -- Anaesthetic breathing systems -- Pharmacological agents in anaesthetic practice -- Fundamentals of emergency obstetric care -- Care of the bariatric patient -- Fundamentals of decontamination and sterilisation -- Management and use of medical equipment -- Fundamentals of the surgical scrub role -- Fundamentals of patient positioning for surgery -- Fundamentals of perioperative thermoregulation -- Fundamentals of fluid and electrolyte balance during surgery -- The physiology of blood and its administration -- Fundamentals of wound healing, dressings, and drains -- Understanding sutures and skin closure -- Perioperative care of the paediatric patient -- Perioperative pain management -- Recovery of patients from anaesthesia and surgery -- The fundamentals of emergency resuscitation -- Human factors, ergonomics, and non-technical -- Understanding intraoperative death -- Extend and advanced roles in perioperative practice.