Handbook of Intensive Care for Nurses - I

CONTENTS-
1- Receiving a Patient
2. Dangers during Transport
3. Connecting Monitors
4. Am I Safe with Airway?
5. What's Wrong with my Patient's Oxygen Saturation?
6. How is my Patient Breathing?
7. What's Wrong with my Patient's Respiratory Rate?
8. Am I Safe on Circulation?
9. What's Wrong with my Patient's Blood Pressure?
10. Alert, Voice, Pain and Unresponsive (AVPU) Scale
11. Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)
12. Communication and Seeking Help
13. Taking Handover 14. Infection Control
15. Am I Safely giving Drugs?
16. Ryle's Tube Kit and Placement
17. Intravenous (IV) Cannula Kit
18. Foley's Catheterization Kit
19. Central Line Kit
20. Arterial Line Trolley
21. Intubation Trolley
22. Blood Sampling
23. Urine Sampling
24. Sputum/Tracheal Secretion Sampling kit
25. Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) Sampling
26. Blood Cultures: Volume, Sites and Timing
27. Prioritizing What to do First
28. Raising an Alarm (Physiological Parameters)
29. Restraining a Patient
30. Does my Patient Need Ventilator/NIV/BIPAP?
31. Dangers of Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV)
32. Antibiotics and their Importance in ICU
33. Why is my Patient's Monitor/Equipment Alarming?
34. Blood Transfusion
35. When does my Patient Need Foley's?
36. When does my Patient Need Ryle's Tube?
37. When does my Patient Need Positioning?
38. When not to give Anticoagulants
39. Documentation and Reporting of Events
40. ET Suctioning: Do's, Don'ts and Complications
41. How to do Hydrotherapy
42. Taking Care of a Central Line
43. Taking Care of Drains and Preventing Dislodging
44. Deep Venous Thrombosis (DVT) Prophylaxis
45. Blood Sugar Control in ICU
46. Contact and Respiratory Precautions
47. Biomedical Waste Management
48. What should I not Talk with my Patient's Relatives?
49. Crash Cart and Defibrillator
50. What my Doctor wants to Know on Rounds