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Wiley Medical Student Survival Skills Procedural Skills 2019 Edition by Philip Jevon , Ruchi Joshi
Medical StudentSurvival SkillsMedical students encounter many challenges on their path to success, from managing their time, applying theory to practice, and passing exams. The Medical Student Survival Skills series helps medical students navigate core subjects of the curriculum, providing accessible, short reference guides for OSCE preparation and hospital placements. These guides are the perfect tool for achieving clinical success.Medical Student Survival Skills: Procedural Skills is the ideal guide for medical students tasked with performing a core set of clinical procedures. A vital part of any medical training, these procedures range from basic body temperature and blood pressure measurements to more advanced arterial blood gas sampling and ophthalmoscopic techniques. This indispensable guide enables students to quickly lookup relevant information on the go, carry out clinical procedures with minimal supervision and apply procedural knowledge to their OSCE exams. Table of Contents : About the companion website vii1 Measuring body temperature 12 Measuring pulse and blood pressure 73 Transcutaneous monitoring of oxygen saturations 134 Peak expiratory flow 175 Venepuncture 216 Managing blood samples correctly 257 Taking blood cultures 298 Measuring capillary blood glucose 339 ECG monitoring 3710 Recording a 12 lead ECG 4111 Basic respiratory function tests 4512 Urine multi?dipstick test 4913 Advising patients on how to collect a mid?stream urine specimen 5314 Taking nose, throat, and skin swabs 5715 Performing a pregnancy test 6316 Administering oxygen 6917 Airway management: Insertion of oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal airways 7518 Ventilation: Pocket mask and self?inflating bag 8119 Defibrillation (manual and automated) 8720 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation 9121 Establishing peripheral intravenous access 10122 Use of infusion devices 10723 Making up drugs for parenteral administration 11124 Dosage and administration of insulin and use of sliding scales 11525 Administering a subcutaneous injection 11926 Intravenous injections 12327 Administration of blood transfusion 12728 Male and female urinary catheterisation 13529 Instructing patients in the use of devices for inhaled medication 14730 Skin suturing 15131 Application of a sling 15532 Safe disposal of clinical waste, needles, and other 'sharps' 15933 Arterial blood gas sampling 16534 Examination of the ear 16935 Ophthalmoscopy 17536 Relieving foreign body airway obstruction 181Index 185