Contributors vii1 Scrubbing up 1Sherif Kirollos and Ramez Kirollos2 Setting up a sterile field and draping the patient 4Sherif Kirollos and Ramez Kirollos3 Three-way tap 6Jane Sturgess4 Common equipment for core clinical procedures 8Jane Sturgess5 Local anaesthetic infiltration 12Sherif Kirollos and Ramez Kirollos6 Obtaining consent 14Francesca Crawley7 Manometer for central venous pressure and lumbar puncture 16Jane Sturgess8 Bladder irrigation sets 18Jane Sturgess9 Underwater seal for chest drains 20Jane Sturgess10 Male catheterisation 22Francesca Crawley11 Female catheterisation 24Francesca Crawley12 Arterial blood gases 26Francesca Crawley13 Performing an electrocardiogram 30Francesca Crawley14 Oropharyngeal airway 32Jane Sturgess15 Nasopharyngeal airway 34Jane Sturgess16 Laryngeal mask airway 36Jane Sturgess17 Central venous cannulation (high approach internal jugular) 38Jane Sturgess18 Central venous cannulation (low approach internal jugular) 42Jane Sturgess19 Central venous cannulation (subclavian) 46Jane Sturgess20 Direct current cardioversion 50Francesca Crawley21 Intercostal drains 52Francesca Crawley22 Pleural tap 54Francesca Crawley23 Inserting a nasogastric tube 56Francesca Crawley24 Lumbar puncture 58Jane Sturgess25 Bone marrow aspirate 62Francesca Crawley and Charles Crawley26 Ascitic tap 64Francesca Crawley27 Paracentesis 66Francesca Crawley28 Knee aspiration 68Sherif Kirollos and Ramez Kirollos29 Skin biopsy 70Sherif Kirollos and Ramez Kirollos30 Basic suturing 72Sherif Kirollos and Ramez Kirollos31 Basic anastomotic techniques 76Sherif Kirollos and Ramez Kirollos32 Abscess drainage and debridement 78Sherif Kirollos and Ramez Kirollos33 Bag mask ventilation (adults) 82Jane Sturgess34 Endotracheal intubation (adults) 86Jane Sturgess35 Needle cricothryoidotomy (adults) 90Jane Sturgess36 Surgical cricothyroidotomy 94Sherif Kirollos and Ramez Kirollos37 Defibrillation 96Francesca Crawley38 Spinal injection 100Jane Sturgess39 Epidural injection 104Jane Sturgess40 Procedure-related safety 108Kirsty CattleIndex 110
Jane Sturgess, MBBS MRCP FRCA is a consultant anaesthetist and former Foundation Training Programme Director at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS foundation Trust.Francesca Crawley, BA BCh, FRCP is a Consultant Neurologist at West Suffolk Foundation Trust and has been involved in Foundation Training in the East of England for over 10 years.Ramez Kirollos, MD FRCS (SN) is a consultant neurosurgeon at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS foundation Trust. He is a member of the Court of Examiners of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.Kirsty Cattle, BSc (Hons), MBChB, MRCS Ed, MD is a senior surgical trainee in the East of England.