Provide safe and effective care to every patient with the fully revised 4th Edition of Essential Clinical Procedures. Written by experts in the field, this widely used reference shows you step by step how to perform more than 70 of the most common diagnostic and treatment-related procedures in today’s primary care and specialist settings. You’ll find clear, concise coverage of the skills you need to know, including new and advanced procedures and new procedure videos.

• Covers patient preparation, the proper use of instruments, and potential dangers and complications involved in common procedures, as well as nonprocedural issues such as informed consent, standard precautions, patient education, and procedure documentation.
• Includes new chapters on Point-of-Care Ultrasound and Ring Removal, as well as ۳۴ new procedure videos.
• Features significantly revised content on cryosurgery • injection techniques • arterial puncture • shoulder/finger subluxations • sterile technique • outpatient coding • casting and splinting • blood cultures • standard precautions • and more.
• Contains more than 200 high-quality illustrations, including updated images of office pulmonary function testing and wound closure.
• Uses a consistently formatted presentation to help you find information quickly.
• Reflects the latest evidence-based protocols and national and international guidelines throughout.

Contents

۱. Anoscopy
۲. Arterial Puncture
۳. Blood Pressure Measurement
۴. Casting and Splinting
۵. Cryosurgery
۶. Dermatologic Procedures
۷. Draining/Evacuation of Subungual Hematomas
۸. Endometrial Biopsy
۹. Endotracheal Intubation
۱۰. Epistaxis and Nasal Foreign Body Removal
۱۱. Foot Examination of the Patient With Diabetes
۱۲. Incision and Drainage of an Abscess
۱۳. Injections
۱۴. Inserting Intravenous Catheters
۱۵. Joint and Bursal Aspiration
۱۶. Local Anesthesia
۱۷. Lumbar Puncture
۱۸. Nasogastric Tube Placement
۱۹. Obtaining Blood Cultures
۲۰. Office Pulmonary Function Testing
۲۱. Introduction to Point-of-Care Ultrasonography (POCUS)
۲۲. Procedural Sedation
۲۳. Recording an Electrocardiogram
۲۴. Reduction of the Shoulder/Finger Subluxations
۲۵. Removal of Cerumen and Foreign Bodies From the Ear
۲۶. Ring Removal
۲۷. The Pelvic Examination and Obtaining a Routine Papanicolaou Smear
۲۸. Trauma-Oriented Ocular Examination, Corneal Abrasion, and Ocular Foreign Body Removal
۲۹. Treating Ingrown Toenails
۳۰. Urinary Bladder Catheterization
۳۱. Venipuncture
۳۲. Wound Closure
۳۳. Wound Dressing Techniques
۳۴. Informed Consent
۳۵. Standard Precautions
۳۶. Sterile Technique
۳۷. Patient Education Concepts *
۳۸. Outpatient Coding for Medical Services
۳۹. Procedural Notes and Documentation
۴۰. Giving Sad and Bad News