Essential clinical procedures - Asprey, David P.; Dehn, Richard W. (Philadelphia : Saunders/Elsevier, 2007)
1. Informed Consent -- 2. Standard Precautions -- 3. Sterile Technique -- 4. Blood Pressure Measurement -- 5. Venipuncture -- 6. Obtaining Blood Cultures -- 7. Inserting Intravenous Catheters -- 8. Arterial Puncture -- 9. Injections -- 10. Recording an Electrocardiogram -- 11. Exercise Stress Testing for the Primary Care Provider -- 12. Endotracheal Intubation -- 13. Office Pulmonary Function Testing -- 14. Nasogastric Tube Placement -- 15. Lumbar Puncture -- 16. Urinary Bladder Catheterization -- 17. Clinical Breast Examination -- 18. The Pelvic Examination and Obtaining a Routine Papanicolaou؟s Smear -- 19. Examination of the Male Genitalia -- 20. Joint and Bursal Aspiration -- 21. Casting and Splinting -- 22. Local Anesthesia -- 23. Wound Closure -- 24. Dermatologic Procedures -- 25. Incision and Drainage of an Abscess -- 26. Wound Dressing Techniques -- 27. Cryosurgery -- 28. Treating Ingrown Toenails -- 29. Draining Subungual Hematomas -- 30. Anoscopy -- 31. Flexible Sigmoidoscopy -- 32. Removal of Cerumen and Foreign Bodies from the Ear -- 33. Corneal Abrasion and Ocular Foreign Body Removal -- 34. Endometrial Biopsy -- 35. Foot Examination of the Diabetic Patient -- 36. Procedural Sedation -- 37. Patient Education Concepts -- 38. Outpatient Coding -- 39. Documentation -- 40. Giving Sad and Bad News
Rev. ed. of: Clinical procedures for physician assistants. c2002
Includes bibliographical references and index
Keywords: Physicians' assistants