Red Flags
References
18 Part 12: Circulatory Skills 69 Venepuncture Background Influencing Factors Professional Approach Equipment Procedure Red Flags References 70 Cannulation Background Influencing Factors Professional Approach Equipment Procedure Red Flags References 71 Intravenous fluid therapy Background Influencing Factors Professional Approach Equipment Procedure Red Flags References 72 Fluid balance monitoring Background Influencing Factors Professional Approach Equipment Procedure Red Flags References 73 Blood transfusions Background Influencing Factors Professional Approach Equipment Procedure – Safety Check Procedure – Administration of Blood Products Red Flags References
19 Index
List of Tables
1 Chapter 3Table 3.1 Examples of paraphrasing.Table 3.2 Clarification questions.Table 3.3 SOLER – a tool to build rapport Identified by Egan (2014).
2 Chapter 5Table 5.1 Signs of aggression.
3 Chapter 8Table 8.1 Specific laws that relate to reportable activities.Table 8.2 Human rights articles relating to healthcare.Table 8.3 The six Ps of social media.
4 Chapter 9Table 9.1 Using TILEO for safety in manual handling.
5 Chapter 13Table 13.1 Personal protective equipment.
6 Chapter 15Table 15.1 Intramuscular injection sites.
7 Chapter 17Table 17.1 The ACVPU assessment tool.Table 17.2 Structured assessment of Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS).Table 17.3 The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) assessment tool.
8 Chapter 18Table 18.1 Pupil reactivity score.Table 18.2 Assessing limb strength.
9 Chapter 20Table 20.1 Assess the characteristics of pain using PQRST.Table 20.2 Pain assessment using SOCRATES.Table 20.3 PAINAD assessment tool.
10 Chapter 21Table 21.1 Escalation of findings.
11 Chapter 22Table 22.1 Management and diagnosis following first seizure.
12 Chapter 24Table 24.1 Sputum assessment.Table 24.2 Respiratory rates (RCP 2017).Table 24.3 Abnormal effort in breathing.Table 24.4 Abnormal patterns of breathing.
13 Chapter 26Table 26.1 Situations where arterial blood gases (ABGs) should be measured.Table 26.2 Arterial blood gas (ABG) interpretation.
14 Chapter 27Table 27.1 Normal breath sounds. Note that the pitch of sounds is dependent upon ...Table 27.2 Abnormal breath sounds.
15 Chapter 29Table 29.1 Safety considerations.
16 Chapter 31Table 31.1 Types of tracheostomy tube.
17 Chapter 32Table 32.1 Mechanisms of a chest drain.Table 32.2 Indications for chest drainageTable 32.3 Indications for clamping a chest drain.Table 32.4 Troubleshooting possible problems.
18 Chapter 33Table 33.1 Interpreting the pulse.Table 33.2 Assessing the quality of the pulse (pulse score).
19 Chapter 35Table 35.1 Thermoregulation.Table 35.2 Abnormal temperature states.
20 Chapter 38Table 38.1 Electrocardiogram (ECG) wave formation.
21 Chapter 40Table 40.1 Example of food chart.
22 Chapter 43Table 43.1 Classification of diarrhoea.Table 43.2 Nursing
