ABC of Tubes, Drains, Lines and Frames

Surgical patients are increasingly undergoing operative procedures that require complex post-operative care followed by prolonged rehabilitation in the community, and few leave surgery without a wound, tube, line or drain. The care of these surgical adjuncts is undertaken either in hospital by ward staff or away from the hospital in the community, where GPs and practice nurses are expected to take over the day-to-day management of this care. The ABC of Tubes, Drains, Lines and Frames is a practical guide that provides a clear account of the key issues involved in the assessment and management of surgical wounds, tubes, drains, lines and stomas from the operating theatre to the Critical Care unit and from the ward into the community. It highlights common pitfalls and includes trouble shooting sections that provide an understanding of the issues at all stages of post-operative care. This new ABC is an invaluable resource for all GPs, practice nurses, surgical nurses, junior doctors, and community paramedics.

Surgical patients are increasingly undergoing operative proceduresthat require complex post-operative care followed by prolongedrehabilitation in the community, and few leave surgery without awound, tube, line or drain. The care of these surgical adjuncts isundertaken either in hospital by ward staff or away from thehospital in the community, where GPs and practice nurses areexpected to take over the day-to-day management of this care.The ABC of Tubes, Drains, Lines and Frames is a practicalguide that provides a clear account of the key issues involved inthe assessment and management of surgical wounds, tubes, drainslines and stomas - from the operating theatre to the CriticalCare unit and from the ward into the community. It highlightscommon pitfalls and includes 'trouble shooting'sections that provide an understanding of the issues at all stagesof post-operative care.This new ABC is an invaluable resource for all GPspractice nurses, surgical nurses, junior doctors, and communityparamedics.

Contributors viPreface viiAcknowledgements viii1 The Complex Abdomen 1Tracy R. Bilski Brian Rowlands and Adam Brooks2 Surgical Airways 6Andrew Taylor3 The Chest 12Ben Davies4 Lines 19Adam Wolverson5 Pain 26Trudy Towell and Jonathan Mole6 Feeding 34Gabriel Rodrigues Joy Field and Dileep Lobo7 Surgical Wounds 40Alastair Simpson and Adam Brooks8 Surgical Drains 44Sherif Awad Alastair Simpson and Adam Brooks9 Hepatobiliary 49Ian Beckingham Sherif Awad J. Edward Fitzgerald and Adam Brooks10 Stomas 53Iain Anderson and Amanda Smith11 Urology 59Gurminder Mann12 Central Nervous System 64Jerard Ross Dawn Williams and Neil Buxton13 Frames Pins and Plaster 70Ian PallisterIndex 75