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FOREWORD ............................................................................................................................................ I CONTRIBUTORS .................................. ... ...............................................................................................III TABLE OF CONTENT ......................................................................................................................... V TABLE OF TABLES .......................................................................................................................... VII TABLE OF FIGURES .......................................................................................................................... IX ACRONYMS ......................................................................................................................................... XI INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................... XV CHAPTER 1: CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION AND AIRWAY MANAGEMENT ........ 1 CHAPTER 2: RESPIRATORY FUNCTION .......................................................................................... 7 CHAPTER 3: RESPIRATORY FAILURE ........................................................................................... 27 CHAPTER 4: CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION AND THERAPY ................................................. 47 CHAPTER 5: NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS .................................................................................. 61 CHAPTER 6: GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS .......................................................................... 91 CHAPTER 7: HEPATIC, BILIARY, AND PANCREATIC DISORDERS ....................................... 109 CHAPTER 8: DIABETES MELLITUS .............................................................................................. 125 CHAPTER 9: RENAL AND URINARY DISORDERS ..................................................................... 139 CHAPTER 10: MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS ..................................................................... 155 CHAPTER 11: DERMATOLOGIC DISORDERS ............................................................................. 181 CHAPTER 12: BURNS ....................................................................................................................... 189 CHAPTER 13: PROCEDURE GUIDELINES .................................................................................... 203 Procedure 1: Assisting with Arterial Puncture for Blood Gas Analysis.......................................... 203 Procedure 2: Assisting the Patient Undergoing Thoracentesis ........................................................ 207 Procedure 3: Endotracheal Intubation ............................................................................................. 211 Procedure 4: Assisting with Tracheostomy Insertion ...................................................................... 215 Procedure 5: Nasotracheal Suctioning ............................................................................................. 218 Procedure 6: Administering Oxygen by Nasal Cannula .................................................................. 222 Procedure 7: Administering Oxygen by Simple Face Mask with or without Aerosol .................. 224 Table of Contents vi Procedure 8: Administering Oxygen by Venturi Mask (High Air Flow Oxygen Entrainment System)...................................................................................................................... 227 Procedure 9: Administering Oxygen by Partial Rebreathing or Nonrebreathing Mask ................ 229 Procedure 10: Administering Oxygen by Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Mask ................. 231 Procedure 11: Administering Oxygen by Way of Endotracheal and Tracheostomy Tubes with a T-Piece (Briggs) Adapter .......................................................................................... 234 Procedure 12: Administering Oxygen by Manual Resuscitation Bag (Ambo bag) ........................ 236 Procedure 13: Managing the Patient Requiring Mechanical Ventilation ........................................ 239 Procedure 14: Assisting with Chest Tube Insertion ........................................................................ 246 Procedure 15: Managing the Patient under Water-Seal Chest Drainage ......................................... 250 Procedure 16: Manual Central Venous Pressure (CVP) Monitoring .............................................. 254 Procedure 17: Direct Current Defibrillation for Ventricular Fibrillation ........................................ 259 Procedure 18: Synchronized Cardio Version .................................................................................. 262 Procedure 19: Automated External Defibrillator ............................................................................. 264 Procedure 20: Assisting the Patient Undergoing Pericardiocentesis ............................................... 266 Procedure 21: Administering an Enema .......................................................................................... 269 Procedure 22: Nasogastric Intubation.............................................................................................. 271 Procedure 23: Nasogastric Tube Removal ...................................................................................... 277 Procedure 24: Using Balloon Tamponade to Control Esophageal Bleeding (SengstakenBlakemore Tube Method, Minnesota Tube Method) ................................................ 279 Procedure 25: Blood Glucose Monitoring Technique ..................................................................... 282 Procedure 26: Teaching Self-Injection of Insulin............................................................................ 284 Procedure 27: Technique for Obtaining Clean-Catch Midstream Voided Specimen ..................... 286 Procedure 28: Catheterization of the Urinary Bladder .................................................................... 288 Procedure 29: Assisting the Patient Undergoing Suprapubic Bladder Drainage (Cystostomy) ...... 291 Procedure 30: Application of a Cast ................................................................................................ 293 Procedure 31: Removal of a Cast .................................................................................................... 296 MAIN REFERENCES ........................................................................................................................ 343 Emergency Nursing Procedures vii TABLE OF TABLES Table 1: Cardiac Markers - Normal Values, Rise, Peak, Advantages and D [Show More]

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