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Unofficial Guide to Practical Skills Emily Hotton, MBChB BSc(Hons) (Women's and Children's Research, Southmead Hospital Translational Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom)

Unofficial Guide to Practical Skills By Emily Hotton, MBChB BSc(Hons) (Women's and Children's Research, Southmead Hospital Translational Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom)

Summary

Step-by-step illustrated guides to over 50 core practical skills, with over 200 high quality images. Accompanying mark schemes, and typical exam questions.

Unofficial Guide to Practical Skills Summary

Unofficial Guide to Practical Skills by Emily Hotton, MBChB BSc(Hons) (Women's and Children's Research, Southmead Hospital Translational Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom)

The Unofficial Guide to Passing Practical Skills follows on from the huge success of The Unofficial Guide to Passing OSCEs. It contains step-by-step illustrated guides to over 50 core practical skills, with over 200 high quality images of the actual procedures being performed. Accompanying mark schemes, and typical exam questions are included to simulate real life assessment. Written by recent graduates, in conjunction with clinical skills staff, senior clinicians, and consulting a facebook group of 16,000 student doctors, we have ensured all core competencies are covered. The interactive format allows for group or solo revision, and handy guidance whilst on the wards. As with all books in the series, this book is an open collaboration with you the reader.

Unofficial Guide to Practical Skills Reviews

The once daunting prospect of approaching practical skills can now be overcome by using this refreshingly comprehensive and user-friendly guide.Including both skills focused on by the GMC and an array of additional skills essential in the armory of a junior doctor, this book really is a must have Robert Miller, final year medical student.

About Emily Hotton, MBChB BSc(Hons) (Women's and Children's Research, Southmead Hospital Translational Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom)

Emily Hotton, MBChB (Dist), BSc (Hons) PhD, MRCOG, is an obstetric registrar and a leader in medical education, teaching on paid courses and within university and hospitals. She has contributed to four textbooks, including editing Unofficial Guide to Practical Skills, and nine peer reviewed journal articles. Zeshan Qureshi, BM, BSc (Hons), MSc, MRCPCH, FAcadMEd, MRCPS(Glasg) Paediatric Registrar London Deanery United Kingdom

Table of Contents

Contents 1. Simple Patient Assessments 1.1 Heart Rate and Respiratory Rate 1.2 Oxygen Saturation 1.3 Blood Pressure 1.4 Lying and Standing Blood Pressure 1.5 Ankle Brachial Pressure Index 1.6 Blood Glucose 1.7 MRSA swab 1.8 Body Mass Index 1.9 Nutritional Assessment 2. Acute Patient Management 2.1 Immediate Life Support 2.2 Choking 2.3 Sizing and Fitting a Hard Collar 2.4 Airway Management 2.5 Administering Oxygen 2.6 Intravenous Cannulation 2.7 Setting up a Giving Set 2.8 Blood Transfusion 2.9 ECG Interpretation 2.10 Fundoscopy 2.11 Central Venous Lines 3. Blood Tests 3.1 Phlebotomy 3.2 Blood Cultures 3.3 Arterial Blood Gas 3.4 Blood Gas Interpretation 4. Medication Administration 4.1 Intramuscular Injections 4.2 Subcutaneous Injections 4.3 Intradermal Injections 4.4 Intravenous Drugs 4.5 Drug Administration via Nebuliser 4.6 Operating a Syringe Driver 5. Medicine and Surgery 5.1 Simple Dressing Change 5.2 Knee Joint Aspiration 5.3 Nasogastric Tube Insertion 5.4 Diagnostic Pleural Tap 5.5 Diagnostic Ascitic Tap 5.6 Lumbar Puncture 5.7 Proctoscopy 5.8 Flexible Sigmoidoscopy 5.9 Instruments 5.10 Suturing 5.11 Surgical Gowning and Gloving 6. Urology 6.1 Urinalysis 6.2 Male Urethral Catheterisation 6.3 Female Urethral Catheterisation 6.4 Suprapubic Cathetersation 7. Paediatrics 7.1 Peak Flow 7.2 Inhaler Technique 7.3 Preparing Baby Formula Milk 8. General Skills 8.1 Hand Washing 8.2 Infection Control 8.3 Manual Handling 8.4 Death Certification

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Unofficial Guide to Practical Skills by Emily Hotton, MBChB BSc(Hons) (Women's and Children's Research, Southmead Hospital Translational Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom)
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Zeshan Qureshi
20140407
212
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