Handbook of Intensive Care for Nurses - I
- Delhi Kumar Publishing House 2023
- 110p.
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