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- 1 Cultural safety
- Cultural safety tips for remote practitioners
- Cultural safety tips for remote practitioners
- 2 Trauma and emergency
- Preparation for trauma and emergencies
- Preparation for trauma and emergencies
- Assessment of trauma, DR ABC DE
- Assessment of trauma, DR ABC DE
- Keeping the airway open and the patient breathing
- Keeping the airway open and the patient breathing
- Collapsed lung
- Collapsed lung
- Assessing head injuries
- Assessing head injuries
- Immobilising the spine during treatment, and before movement and transfer
- Immobilising the spine during treatment, and before movement and transfer
- Hypothermia
- Hypothermia
- Burns
- Burns
- Snake bite
- Snake bite
- 3 Rehydration
- Giving fluids to a patient (rehydration)
- Giving fluids to a patient (rehydration)
- 4 Infection control
- Personal protection
- Personal protection
- Clinical and related waste management in remote areas
- Clinical and related waste management in remote areas
- Cleaning, disinfecting and sterilising medical equipment
- Cleaning, disinfecting and sterilising medical equipment
- Preparation for pandemic flu in remote clinics
- Preparation for pandemic flu in remote clinics
- 5 Physical assessment
- Starting the assessment, taking a medical and social history
- Starting the assessment, taking a medical and social history
- Doing the clinical examination
- Doing the clinical examination
- Clinical assessment and examination of children
- Clinical assessment and examination of children
- Assessing lumps and bumps on the body
- Assessing lumps and bumps on the body
- Foot care procedures
- Foot care procedures
- Rectal examination
- Rectal examination
- 6 The eye
- Assessment and examination of the eye
- Assessment and examination of the eye
- Simplified trachoma assessment and grading
- Simplified trachoma assessment and grading
- Eye procedures
- Eye procedures
- 7 Ear, nose and throat
- Assessment and examination of the ear
- Assessment and examination of the ear
- Ear procedures
- Ear procedures
- Nose bleed (epistaxis)
- Nose bleed (epistaxis)
- Assessment and examination of the mouth and throat
- Assessment and examination of the mouth and throat
- 8 The chest
- Assessment and examination of the lungs and respiratory system
- Assessment and examination of the lungs and respiratory system
- Physiotherapy on the chest and lungs
- Physiotherapy on the chest and lungs
- Oxygen flow rates
- Oxygen flow rates
- 9 The abdomen
- Assessment and examination of the abdomen
- Assessment and examination of the abdomen
- 10 Teeth
- Protective dental procedures
- Protective dental procedures
- Dental problems level I: Emergency dental care
- Dental problems level I: Emergency dental care
- Dental problems level II: Invasive emergency dental care
- Dental problems level II: Invasive emergency dental care
- Giving local anaesthetic and doing a tooth extraction - adult
- Giving local anaesthetic and doing a tooth extraction - adult
- 11 Muscular skeletal system
- Assessment, examination and treatment of broken bones (fractures)
- Assessment, examination and treatment of broken bones (fractures)
- Bandaging
- Bandaging
- Putting on slings
- Putting on slings
- Splinting
- Splinting
- Putting on plaster of Paris (POP) - for slabs and casts
- Putting on plaster of Paris (POP) - for slabs and casts
- Fibreglass
- Fibreglass
- Taking off a plaster of Paris ( POP) or fibreglass cast
- Taking off a plaster of Paris ( POP) or fibreglass cast
- Using crutches
- Using crutches
- Reduction of dislocated or pulled joints
- Reduction of dislocated or pulled joints
- Joint injections and aspirations
- Joint injections and aspirations
- Stiff neck (wry neck/acute torticollis)
- Stiff neck (wry neck/acute torticollis)
- 12 The skin
- Skin lesions and rashes: clinical examination
- Skin lesions and rashes: clinical examination
- Putting on scabies creams and lotions
- Putting on scabies creams and lotions
- Removing a tick from the skin or ear
- Removing a tick from the skin or ear
- Injuries to fingers/toes and nails
- Injuries to fingers/toes and nails
- Cutting and draining an abscess
- Cutting and draining an abscess
- General wound assessment and management
- General wound assessment and management
- Examining and cleaning a wound before suturing
- Examining and cleaning a wound before suturing
- Giving local anaesthetics (LA) before suturing
- Giving local anaesthetics (LA) before suturing
- Choosing the type of suture needed
- Choosing the type of suture needed
- Suturing a wound
- Suturing a wound
- Taking out sutures
- Taking out sutures
- Using staples or skin adhesive to close a wound
- Using staples or skin adhesive to close a wound
- Giving nerve and ring blocks
- Giving nerve and ring blocks
- 13 CAPD
- Discharge checklist for remote CAPD patients
- Discharge checklist for remote CAPD patients
- Peritonitis
- Peritonitis
- Contamination
- Contamination
- Other peritoneal dialysis problems
- Other peritoneal dialysis problems
- Miniline Transfer Set change
- Miniline Transfer Set change
- Freeline Solo Bag exchange
- Freeline Solo Bag exchange
- 14 Documentation
- Writing in a patient’s record (notes/file)
- Writing in a patient’s record (notes/file)
- 15 Drugs
- Setting up and managing a remote clinic pharmacy
- Setting up and managing a remote clinic pharmacy
- Storing and transporting vaccines and drugs in remote and rural clinics
- Storing and transporting vaccines and drugs in remote and rural clinics
- Giving drugs
- Giving drugs
- Giving medicines and injections to young children and infants
- Giving medicines and injections to young children and infants
- Giving medication by injection, injection sites
- Giving medication by injection, injection sites
- Giving intravenous drugs
- Giving intravenous drugs
- Formulas for calculating drug doses and drip rates
- Formulas for calculating drug doses and drip rates
- Using a spacer device (asthma drugs)
- Using a spacer device (asthma drugs)
- Using an aerosol inhaler (asthma drugs)
- Using an aerosol inhaler (asthma drugs)
- Giving rectal suppositories
- Giving rectal suppositories
- 16 Pathology
- Storing and transporting pathology specimens
- Storing and transporting pathology specimens
- Collecting blood samples
- Collecting blood samples
- Collecting blood from children and infants (paediatric blood collection)
- Collecting blood from children and infants (paediatric blood collection)
- Testing random (RBGL) or fasting (FBGL) blood glucose levels (BGL)
- Testing random (RBGL) or fasting (FBGL) blood glucose levels (BGL)
- Testing haemoglobin levels (Hb test) using a Haemoglobinometer and cuvette
- Testing haemoglobin levels (Hb test) using a Haemoglobinometer and cuvette
- Collecting body fluids (other than blood), viral cultures and skin specimens
- Collecting body fluids (other than blood), viral cultures and skin specimens
- Collecting urine - for PCR/NAAT, ACR and MC&S
- Collecting urine - for PCR/NAAT, ACR and MC&S
- Collecting, plating and testing faeces specimens
- Collecting, plating and testing faeces specimens
- Estimating kidney function
- Estimating kidney function
- 17 Remote areas
- Travelling in remote areas
- Travelling in remote areas
- Consulting from remote and rural areas using radio or telephone
- Consulting from remote and rural areas using radio or telephone
- Using a high frequency radio (HF)
- Using a high frequency radio (HF)
- Day and night evacuations by air, road and water
- Day and night evacuations by air, road and water
- 18 Adult sexual assault procedures
- Adult sexual assault
- Adult sexual assault
- 19 Women
- Female catheterisation
- Female catheterisation
- Vaginal assessment and examination and full STI check
- Vaginal assessment and examination and full STI check
- Self-administered swabs for STI testing
- Self-administered swabs for STI testing
- Testing muscle tone in the pelvic floor and doing a bimanual exam
- Testing muscle tone in the pelvic floor and doing a bimanual exam
- Teaching Breast Self Awareness (BSA)
- Teaching Breast Self Awareness (BSA)
- Doing a Clinical Breast Examination (CBE)
- Doing a Clinical Breast Examination (CBE)
- Female body charts
- Female body charts
- Feeling (palpating) the baby (fetus) and measuring the height of the uterus (fundus)
- Feeling (palpating) the baby (fetus) and measuring the height of the uterus (fundus)
- Listening to (monitoring) the baby’s (fetal) heart rate in pregnancy and during labour and birth
- Listening to (monitoring) the baby’s (fetal) heart rate in pregnancy and during labour and birth
- Childbirth (unexpected birth of a baby) in a PHC setting
- Childbirth (unexpected birth of a baby) in a PHC setting
- Doing the Apgar score
- Doing the Apgar score
- Doing an episiotomy
- Doing an episiotomy
- Repairing the birth canal after a tear or an episiotomy
- Repairing the birth canal after a tear or an episiotomy
- Checking the placenta
- Checking the placenta
- Keeping the baby warm after birth
- Keeping the baby warm after birth
- Using an isolette or overhead heater
- Using an isolette or overhead heater
- Dealing with a cord prolapse
- Dealing with a cord prolapse
- Emergency management of stuck shoulders (shoulder dystocia)
- Emergency management of stuck shoulders (shoulder dystocia)
- Breech birth
- Breech birth
- Unexpected birth of twins
- Unexpected birth of twins
- Resuscitating a newborn baby
- Resuscitating a newborn baby
- Dealing with a postpartum haemorrhage (PPH)
- Dealing with a postpartum haemorrhage (PPH)
- Doing bimanual and aortic compression
- Doing bimanual and aortic compression
- Emergency manual removal of the placenta
- Emergency manual removal of the placenta
- 20 Men
- Male catheterisation
- Male catheterisation
- Doing testicular examination, and teaching testicular self-examination (TSE)
- Doing testicular examination, and teaching testicular self-examination (TSE)
- How to put on a condom
- How to put on a condom
- Reduction of a tight foreskin (paraphimosis)
- Reduction of a tight foreskin (paraphimosis)
- Doing a dorsal slit (phimotic ring incision)
- Doing a dorsal slit (phimotic ring incision)
- Male body charts
- Male body charts
Clinical Procedures Manual
Clinical Procedure Manual for remote and rural practice
2nd edition
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