Contents

• Surgical Management Strategies
• Hazard Areas
  • Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
  • Upper Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage
  • Shock
  • Head Injury
  
  
• Important associations
• Transfers
  • Check lists upon accepting transfers
  
  
• Trauma patients
• Splenectomy
  • Immunoprophylaxis in elective splenectomy
  • Immunoprophylaxis in emergency splenectomy
  
  
• Communication and Surgical documentation
  • Communication with patients
  • Communication amongst colleagues
  • Daily ward rounds
  • Notes
  • Operative Notes
  • Flow charts (Available on ABC ward)
  • Communication with GPs at the time of patient discharge
  
  
• Fluid and Electrolytes
  • Requirements: Volume
  • Requirements: Electrolytes
  • Administration fluid guidelines
  
  
• Common Clinical Care of Surgical Patients
  • History taking
  • Intestinal Obstruction
  • Pancreatitis
  • Smoker and CHOH Dependence
  • Urinary Catheterisation
  • Nasogastric drainage and feeding tubes
  
  
• Medical problems in surgical patients
  • Chest Pain
  • Respiratory distress
  • Hyperkalaemia
  • Hyponatreamia
  • Confusion
  
  
• Preoperative Care
  • Consent
  • Inform Relatives
  • Anaesthetists
  • Test Results
  • X-Rays
  • Blood
  • Frozen section
  • Evaluation Preop
  • Operative
  • DVT Prophylaxis
  • Dangerous Drugs
  • Antibiotic Prophylaxis
  • Blood ordering schedule
  • Vascular Surgery
  • General Surgery
  
  
• Preoperative Checklists
• Day Care Unit
  • Day Care Anaesthesia guidelines
  
  
• Operating Theater
  • Operating Lists
  • Order of patients on theater list (generally)
  • Indicate side
  • SHOs in the Operating Theater
  
  
• Postoperative Care
  • IV Fluid Orders
  • Fluid Challenge
  • Analgesics
  • Central Venous Lines
  • Evaluation of Postoperative Fever
  • Management of peri-operative anticoagulation
  
  
• Postoperative Checklists
• Special Topics
  • Iloprost infusion
  • Surgery in the Diabetic Patient
  • Care of Amputation Sites
  • Indications for Insertion of Greenfield Filter
  • Guidelines for Muscle Biopsy
  • Nutrition and Dietetic