The PENTAX-AWS (AWS) is a rigid indirect video laryngoscope developed in Japan. The AWS consists of 2.4-inch full-color built-in monitor screen, a charge-coupled device (CCD) camera, and a PBLADE, a disposable blade designed by referring to computed tomography images of the pharynx and larynx of Japanese adults. Unlike conventional direct laryngoscopes, the PBLADE is formed in an "L" shape so as to fit the oropharyngeal anatomy, thus enabling the...

Este libro compila el cuidado de enfermería en las diferentes etapas de la administración de medicamentos. De esta forma utiliza el proceso de atención de enfermería como una herramienta que permite, de manera sistemática, desarrollar el pensamiento crítico para la toma de decisiones. La fundamentación teórica y práctica contenida en estos 33 capítulos fortalece el proceso de administración de medicamentos en el marco de la seguridad y...

This is a testimony of so many that there will be, of how I , one of the 7500 million inhabitants of our planet earth, have had to face and live a pandemic, for which I have been little or not at all prepared and how I lived it, in my own world and environment. If there is something that has made us human beings feel equal for the first time, it has been this virus, which has not distinguished between citizens of the world. Poor or rich, black or...

This book provides the key concepts for a study of blood gas analysis, making them easily accessible, whilst also stimulating further reading. Hopefully, it will lessen the fears one feels when confronted with a subject that is, rightly or wrongly, considered to be complicated. It examines the various stages, from the sampling to the interpretation of data, in a clear and concise language, with the aid of diagrams and associated captions to facilitate...

Ce livre est un guide complet qui vous apprend tout ce que vous devez savoir sur les interventions chirurgicales les plus courantes pour traiter les varices, y compris la crossectomie, le stripping, la phlébectomie et l'échosclérose. Vous apprendrez à comprendre les avantages, les risques et les coûts de chaque procédure, ainsi que le processus de récupération et de réadaptation après l'opération. Ce livre vous aidera à préparer votre...

Pierre Pfütsch zeigt, dass mit dem Notfallsanitätergesetz aus dem Jahr 2014 die berufliche Tätigkeit im Rettungsdienst stark aufgewertet wurde. Den Berufsangehörigen wurde eine dreijährige Ausbildung, die Möglichkeit zur akademischen Bildung und sogar die Ausübung bestimmter heilkundlicher Maßnahmen zugestanden. Nach Ansicht des Autors wird seitdem die Frage nach Delegation bzw. Substitution ärztlicher Leistungen verhandelt. Zu Beginn waren...

"Anesthetize: to render insensible. First there's the injection, then the countdown--and next thing you know, you're awake. [This book] is the story of the time in between, an exploration of that most crucial and baffling gift of modern medicine: the disappearing act that enables us to undergo procedures that would otherwise be impossibly, often fatally, painful. In the past 150 years, anesthesia has made surgical intervention routine, from open-heart...