20 golden rules -- Recovery room routines -- Recovery room procedures -- Design of the recovery room -- Monitoring and equipment -- Pain -- Postoperative pain -- Analgesics -- Postoperative nausea and vomiting -- Regional analgesia -- Special problems -- Pharmacology -- Mothers and babies -- Paediatrics -- The elderly patient -- Respiratory physiology -- The respiratory system -- Cardiovascular physiology -- Cardiovascular disease -- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation -- Shock -- Crisis management -- The kidney -- Fluid balance -- Metabolism -- Chronic disorders -- The bleeding patient -- Surgical issues -- Infection control -- Working with people -- Working with facts -- Appendix 1: Trolley set-ups -- Appendix 2: Infusions -- Appendix 3: Useful data -- Glossary
Summary
A definitive guide on how to establish, equip, staff, and administer the recovery room. It is a practical reference for anaesthetists, surgeons, recovery room nurses, and anyone involved in providing postoperative care
