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Updated and expanded, the third edition of this text presents clear-cut, "how-to" instructions on properly evaluating vital signs, treating patients who require special equipment or care, and much more. Well-illustrated techniques and procedures demonstrate positioning and draping the patient, patient transfer, and ambulation activities, with rationales and physiologic principles that explain why techniques are used. It emphasizes a basic approach and straightforward clinical applications related to patient care.
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Patient Care Activities Chapter 2: Approaches to Infection Control Chapter 3: Assessment of Vital Signs Chapter 4: Body Mechanics Chapter 5: Positioning and Draping Chapter 6: Basic ExercisePassive and Active Chapter 7: Transfer Activities Chapter 8: Wheelchair Features and Activities Chapter 9: Ambulation Aids, Patterns, and Activities Chapter 10: Special Equipment and Patient Care Environments Chapter 11: Basic Wound Care and Specialized Interventions Chapter 12: Incidents and Emergencies Chapter 13: Americans with Disabilities Act: A Review Index
