Essential Procedures for Practitioners in Emergency, Urgent, and Primary Care Settings: A Clinical Companion

by Theresa M. Campo DNP, FNP-C, ENP-BC, FAANP (Editor), Keith A. Lafferty MD, FAAEM (Editor)

Overview

This is a necessary addition to the library of any healthcare provider performing common procedures in the emergency room, urgent care, or primary care setting. This resource has been extensively researched to provide the most up-to-date, evidence-based information. It will be a valuable asset for practitioners performing common procedures." Score: 100, 5 stars

--Doody's

This user-friendly, easy to understand, procedurally focused resource offers the necessary background information, illustrations, and step-by-step instructions for providing safe and efficient treatment to patients in these care settings to not only the novice but to experts in emergent and urgent care."

K. Sue Hoyt, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, CEN, FAEN, FAANP
St. Mary Medical Center, Long Beach, CA
Elda G. Ramirez, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, FAANP
University of Texas Health Center Houston
(From the Foreword)

This companion is a highly accessible and comprehensive clinical guide to performing procedures in the office, urgent, and emergency care settings. Designed as an easy-to-use reference, it is the only volume to address procedures for all three specialty settings.

This book presents 72 of the most commonly performed procedures used in these settings and organizes them into system-specific categories. Each procedure is presented using a concise format and includes original photos, line drawings, and tables to highlight the written content and provide clear directions regarding exactly how to perform each procedure.

Chapters include:

• Background of the procedure
• Patient preparation
• Treatment options
• Contraindications
• Special considerations
• Procedure preparation, including patient preparation and equipment
• Step-by-step instruction for procedure
• Post procedure considerations
• Education points
• Complications
• Author's Pearls
• Resources .

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826118790
Publisher:	Springer Publishing Company
Publication date:	10/25/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	702
Sales rank:	230,048
File size:	10 MB

About the Author

Theresa M Campo DNP, APRN, FAANP, FAAN is Chair of the Department of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and the Director of the Emergency Nurse Practitioner Track as well as Associate Clinical Professor at Drexel University. Clinically, she is board certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner and Emergency Nurse Practitioner, and works part-time as a nurse practitioner in Southern New Jersey.

Theresa received her Doctor of Nursing Practice from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. She earned her Master of Science in Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner, from Widener University in Chester Pennsylvania. Theresa has over 30 years of experience in emergency medicine, including pre-hospital, emergency department/quick care, and trauma. Dr. Campo is a founding Board Member of the American Academy of Emergency Nurse Practitioners, a national organization. She is a national and international lecturer on emergency and urgent care topics. Dr. Campo is the Author of, "Medical Imaging for the Health Care Provider: Practical Radiograph Interpretation" and has authored several book chapters and peer-reviewed articles.

Theresa was inducted as a Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) in 2015 and Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing in 2017. She has received the alumni award for excellence from Case Western Reserve University and the state award of excellence from AANP.

Keith A. Lafferty, MD, FAAEM, is the Co-Director of Emergency Medicine at Gulf Coast Medical Center, Director of Fire-based EMS in Fort Myers Florida, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Temple University, board member of the Holy Family University Pre-Medical  committee, and board member of the Holy Family University President’s Advisory Committee.  As a physician, Dr. Lafferty specializes in emergency medicine and practices in both Philadelphia and Ft Myers, Florida.

Table of Contents

Unit I - Introduction
Chapter 1 - Universal Precautions, Patient Preparation, and Patient Education
Chapter 2 - Consent
Unit II - Procedures for Airway Management
Chapter 3 - Procedures for Basic Airway Management
Chapter 4 - Airway Foreign Body Removal
Unit III - Managing Pain Using Injectable Anesthetics
Chapter 5 - Anesthetics Agents and Procedures for Local and Field Infiltration
Chapter 6 - Procedures for Performing Regional Anesthesia
Chapter 7 - Procedures for Performing Digital Anesthesia
Chapter 8 - Procedures for Performing Beir Anesthesia
Chapter 9 - Procedures for Performing Auricular Anesthesia
Unit IV - Skin and Wound Management Procedures
Chapter 10 - Overview of Wound Healing: Anatomy and Physiology
Chapter 11 - Procedures for Managing Puncture wounds
Chapter 12 - Procedures for Removing a Soft Tissue Foreign Body
Chapter 13 - Managing Animal and Human Bites
Chapter 14 - Wound Closure Procedures
Chapter 15 - Managing Minor Burns
Unit V - Procedures for the Management of Nail and Nailbed Injuries
Chapter 16 - Procedures for Managing Ingrown Toe nails
Chapter 17 - Procedures for Treating Subungual Hematoma
Chapter 18 - Procedures for Managing Paronychia
Chapter 19 - Procedures for Managing Felon
Unit VI - Incision and Drainage Procedures
Chapter 20 - Abscess Overview
Chapter 21 - Procedures for Incision and Drainage of a Subcutaneous Abscess
Chapter 22 - Procedure for Managing a Pilonidal Abscess
Chapter 23 - Procedure for Managing Bartholin Cyst
Unit VII - Procedures for Examination and Treatment of Common Eye Injuries
Chapter 24 - Eye Examination
Chapter 25 - Managing Eye Injuries
Unit VIII - Procedures for Managing Common Nose Conditions
Chapter 26 - Procedure for Controlling Epistaxis
Chapter 27 - Procedure for Nasal Foreign Body Removal
Unit IX - Procedures for Managing Common Ear Injuries
Chapter 28 - Procedure for Cerumen Removal
Chapter 29 - Procedure for Foreign Body Removal canal and lobe
Chapter 30 - Procedure for Managing an Auricular Hematoma
Unit X - Procedures for Examination and Management of Common Dental Injuries
Chapter 31 - Dental Anatomy, Examination and Anesthetics
Chapter 32 - Procedures for Managing Dental Injuries
Unit XI - Procedures for Managing Common Musculoskeletal Conditions and Injuries
Chapter 33 - Procedure for Arthrocentesis
Chapter 34 - Procedure for Therapeutic Joint Injection
Chapter 35 - Procedure for Shoulder Dislocation
Chapter 36 - procedure for Patellar Dislocation
Chapter 37 - Procedure for Digit Dislocation
Chapter 38 - Procedure for Managing Nurse Maids Elbow
Chapter 39 - Procedure for Splinting of Extremities
Unit XII - Procedures for Managing Common Gastrointestinal Conditions
Chapter 40 - Procedure for Managing a Thrombosed Hemorrhoid
Unit XIII - Procedures for Managing Common Genitourinary Conditions
Chapter 41 - Procedure for Treating a Hair Tourniquet
Chapter 42 - Procedure for Treating a Phimosis and Paraphimosis
Chapter 43 - Suprapubic Catheter Care and Trouble Shooting
Chapter 44 - Procedure for Removal of a Vaginal Foreign Body
Unit XIV - Procedures for Performing Skin Biopsy
Chapter 45 - Procedures for Performing Skin Biopsy
Index

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Kathleen M. Woodruff, DNP, RN, ANP-BC(USC School of Social Work)
Description: This wonderful, user-friendly reference provides detailed up-to-date, evidence-based descriptions of commonly performed procedures using a clear and systematic format.
Purpose: The purpose is to provide practitioners with current, evidence-based information about common procedures in a concise and systematic framework. The book is intended as a clinical companion for healthcare providers.
Audience: The audience includes students and current practitioners, both advanced practice nurses and physician assistants. The contributors are clinical experts with multiple years of experience.
Features: The book is divided into 14 sections on specific topics that together cover the spectrum of commonly preformed procedures by practitioners in emergency, urgent care, and primary care settings. Chapters are organized into the format of: background pathophysiology, details of the disease processes, and clearly described procedures. Each topic includes essential information on preparation, the procedure, postprocedure care, and patient education. Chapters also include a section of the author's pearls. The pictures and diagrams are extremely useful.
Assessment: This is a necessary addition to the library of any healthcare provider performing common procedures in the emergency room, urgent care, or primary care setting. This resource has been extensively researched to provide the most up-to-date, evidence-based information. It will be a valuable asset for practitioners performing common procedures.

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