Death In The Recovery Room

Author : James D. Beeson, MD
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781483665573

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Death in the Recovery Room by James D. Beeson, MD Pdf

body in a recovery room isn't out of the ordinary at a busy hospital unless it's a corpse of an ill-tempered and lascivious general surgeon, that is. Lieutenant Larry Garret has his work cut for him, as nearly everyone in contact with the late Dr. Rackets had reason to dislike him. Which of his many medical enemies fired the fatal shot or is something more deadly going on here? When another body turns up in the recovery room , and then a third, Garret fears that a serial killer is on the loose in the hospital. Meanwhile , a young orderly gets swept into a racial tensions that erupt in the low-income communities around the hospital, and a series of domestic crimes and neighbors. As Garret sifts through long-buried secrets and alibis, the truth behind the murders proves to be more complex that anyone suspected. This fastpaced mystery by a retired doctor is full of authentic details and subtle insights to thrill those familiar with the world of medicine, as well as all avid mystery readers.

Author : Anthea Hatfield
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 627 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-27
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780191644146

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The Complete Recovery Room Book by Anthea Hatfield Pdf

The care that a patient receives in the first hours after surgery is crucial to minimizing the risk of complications such as heart attacks, pneumonia, and blood clots. As the patient awakes from their drug-induced coma, it takes time for them to metabolize and excrete these drugs, during which period they remain unable to care for themselves, and at increased risk of harm. The recovery room staff must manage both comatose and physiologically unstable patients, and deal with the immediate post-operative care of surgical patients. The fifth edition of this popular book provides nurses, surgeons and anaesthetists with clear guidance on how to manage day-to-day problems and how to make difficult decisions. Previous editions of this book have established it as the definitive guide to setting-up, equipping, staffing, and administering an acute care unit. It includes basic science such as physiology and pharmacology, specific symptoms including pain and vomiting, and has chapters devoted to the unique post-operative needs of individual types of surgery. This new edition brings this important text up to date and new drugs and techniques for monitoring are described. A new section looks ahead to the future development and design of recovery rooms and how they can contribute to patient well being.

Author : Anthea Hatfield
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-27
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780191644139

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The Complete Recovery Room Book by Anthea Hatfield Pdf

The care that a patient receives in the first hours after surgery is crucial to minimizing the risk of complications such as heart attacks, pneumonia, and blood clots. As the patient awakes from their drug-induced coma, it takes time for them to metabolize and excrete these drugs, during which period they remain unable to care for themselves, and at increased risk of harm. The recovery room staff must manage both comatose and physiologically unstable patients, and deal with the immediate post-operative care of surgical patients. The fifth edition of this popular book provides nurses, surgeons and anaesthetists with clear guidance on how to manage day-to-day problems and how to make difficult decisions. Previous editions of this book have established it as the definitive guide to setting-up, equipping, staffing, and administering an acute care unit. It includes basic science such as physiology and pharmacology, specific symptoms including pain and vomiting, and has chapters devoted to the unique post-operative needs of individual types of surgery. This new edition brings this important text up to date and new drugs and techniques for monitoring are described. A new section looks ahead to the future development and design of recovery rooms and how they can contribute to patient well being.

Author : Anne Craig,Anthea Hatfield
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 601 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-10
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780198846840

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The Complete Recovery Room Book by Anne Craig,Anthea Hatfield Pdf

The Complete Recovery Room Book, Sixth edition is an essential resource for health care professionals involved in post-operative care.

Author : Burkhard Madea
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-08
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781444181777

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Estimation of the Time Since Death by Burkhard Madea Pdf

Estimation of the Time Since Death remains the foremost authoritative book on scientifically calculating the estimated time of death postmortem. Building on the success of previous editions which covered the early postmortem period, this new edition also covers the later postmortem period including putrefactive changes, entomology, and postmortem r

Author : Jay F. Rosenberg
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 087220426X

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Thinking Clearly about Death by Jay F. Rosenberg Pdf

Jay Rosenberg's penetrating and persuasively argued analysis of the central metaphysical and moral questions pertaining to death has been updated and revised to expand and deepen several of its key arguments and to address conceptual developments of the past fifteen years. Among the topics discussed are: Life After Death; The Limits of Theorizing; The Limits of Imagination; Death and Personhood; Values and Rights; Mercy Killing; Prolonging Life; Rational Suicide; and One's Own Death. Rosenberg's prose is lucid, lively, thoroughly absorbing, and accessible to introductory-level readers. Essential reading for anyone interested in reflecting on this engaging topic.

Author : Elisabeth Kübler-Ross,David Kessler
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-12
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781476775555

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On Grief and Grieving by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross,David Kessler Pdf

Ten years after the death of Elisabeth K bler-Ross, this commemorative edition of her final book combines practical wisdom, case studies, and the authors' own experiences and spiritual insight to explain how the process of grieving helps us live with loss. Includes a new introduction and resources section. Elisabeth K bler-Ross's On Death and Dying changed the way we talk about the end of life. Before her own death in 2004, she and David Kessler completed On Grief and Grieving, which looks at the way we experience the process of grief. Just as On Death and Dying taught us the five stages of death--denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance--On Grief and Grieving applies these stages to the grieving process and weaves together theory, inspiration, and practical advice, including sections on sadness, hauntings, dreams, isolation, and healing. This is "a fitting finale and tribute to the acknowledged expert on end-of-life matters" (Good Housekeeping).

Author : Janet Pitts Beckmann
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1996-03-20
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780761902263

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Nursing Negligence by Janet Pitts Beckmann Pdf

The first comprehensive volume to describe the origin of nursing malpractice and the morbidity and mortality associated with it, Nursing Negligence examines the legal aspects of malpractice and presents an overview of common nursing malpractice. This sophisticated volume answers frequently asked questions by defining nursing malpractice and by demonstrating how it can be identified and prevented. Author Janet Pitts Beckmann explores malpractice issues in a wide variety of settings including the emergency room, psychiatric unit, medical unit, operating room, recovery room, surgical unit, pediatric unit, labor room, delivery room, and the newborn nursery. Using the quantitative and qualitative scholarly approach, this informative volume presents research findings from actual malpractice cases in a clear and approachable manner. Additionally, Beckmann addresses common adverse nursing care outcomes, characteristics of patients experiencing negative outcomes, nursing care problems, frequent departures from the standard of nursing care that cause injury and death, mechanisms of injury, costs associated with malpractice, and risk prevention strategies. Finally, common preventable nursing care problems are discussed, and strategies to improve care are developed. An honest, straightforward examination of a serious nursing problem, Nursing Negligence is essential reading for all practicing nurses and nurse administrators and an indispensable text for nursing courses at both the undergraduate and graduate level. "This is a more scholarly approach than is usually used in nursing textbooks. Nursing outcomes are of increasing importance, and using research findings to plan nursing interventions is important." --Ann Marriner-Tomey, R.N., Ph.D., F.A.A.N., Indiana State University

Author : Antonio Boba
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Medical
ISBN : UOM:39015002439597

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Death in the Operating Room by Antonio Boba Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2182 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:35112104242047

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Hearings by United States. Congress. House Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1728 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Legislative hearings
ISBN : UCAL:B3606146

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Hearings, Reports and Prints of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Hospitals
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1242 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Military hospitals
ISBN : MINN:31951D03549413A

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Veterans' Administration Medical Program by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Hospitals Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1662 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015081888516

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Hearings by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs Pdf

Author : Graham McAleer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-29
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781351471848

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Time for Dying by Graham McAleer Pdf

This book has been written for those who must work with and give care to the dying. Our discussion is not simple narrative or description; it is a ""rendition of reality,"" informed by a rather densely woven and fairly abstract theoretical scheme. This scheme evolved gradually during the course of our research. The second audience for this volume is social scientists who are less interested in dying than they are in useful substantive theory. Our central concern is with the temporal aspects of work. The theory presented here may be useful to social scientists interested in areas far removed from health, medicine, or hospitals. The training of physicians and nurses equips them for the technical aspects of dealing with illness.Medical students learn not to kill patients through error, and to save lives through diagnosis and treatment. But their teachers put little or no emphasis on how to talk with dying patients; how-or whether-to disclose an impending death; or even how to approach the subject with the wives, husbands, children, and parents of the dying. Students of nursing are taught how to give nursing care to terminal patients, as well as how to give ""post-mortem care."" But the psychological aspects of dealing with the dying and their families are virtually absent from training. Although physicians and nurses are highly skilled at handling the bodies of terminal patients, their behavior to them otherwise is actually outside the province of professional standards. Much, if not most, nontechnical conduct toward, and in the presence of, dying patients and their families is profoundly influenced by ""common sense"" assumptions, essentially untouched by professional or even rational considerations or by current advancement in social-psychological knowledge. The process of dying in hospitals is much affected by professional training and codes, and by the particular conditions of work generated by hospitals as places of work. A third important consideration in int

Author : Michael F. Wright
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2009-08-20
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781440154959

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The Death Pit by Michael F. Wright Pdf

When eighteen-year-old Gloria Summers dies unexpectedly after undergoing an elective tubal ligation at Detroits Henry Ford Hospital, the mortality review committee cant determine what went wrong. But three more unexplained deaths of young women sends the hospital administration reeling. Desperate measures ensue, and surgical privileges are suspended. The administration hires renowned forensic pathologist Dr. Cole Buchanan to investigate these suspicious deaths. After reviewing the cases and performing additional autopsies, Buchanan determines that the deaths were murders, but he is stymied by the perpetrators method. Detroit Police Department investigator Detective Joe Braun joins Buchanan in the murder probe; this pairing of a forensic specialist with a seasoned murder investigator provides unique insight into the case. Several possible suspects come to the forefront as the investigation focuses on the victims backgrounds. Could the suspicious deaths be tied to the womens Catholic religion? Or is someone on the hospital staff to blame for the murders? Will Buchanan and Braun be able to unravel the mystery before more women die needlessly after surgery? As the investigation continues, friends become enemies, one involved physician commits suicide, and an old romance is rekindled within the police department.