Daniel Rodger is a registered Operating Department Practitioner and a Senior Lecturer in Perioperative Practice at London South Bank University. Kevin Henshaw is a Senior Lecturer in Preoperative Practice and Associate Head of Allied Health Programmes in the Faculty of Health, Social Care & Medicine at Edge Hill University in Ormskirk. Paul Rawling is a Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader in Operating Department Practice in the Faculty of Health, Social Care & Medicine at Edge Hill University in Ormskirk. Scott Miller is a Consultant Anaesthetist at St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in Merseyside.

• Foreword; 1. The caring perioperative practitioner Julie Quick; 2. Evidence-based perioperative practice Paul Rawling; 3. Healthcare ethics and professional regulation in operating department practice Edmund Horowicz and Amy Williams; 4. Understanding the law within operating department practice Edmund Horowicz and Amy Williams; 5. Health and safety in the perioperative environment Kevin Henshaw; 6. Fundamentals of operating department design Shane Roadnight and Anne Followell; 7. Infection prevention and control in the operating department Jo Fielding and Mark Milligan; 8. Cardiovascular Physiology Dominic Nielsen and James Ip; 9. Recognition and interpretation of the ECG Kully Sandhu; 10. Respiratory Physiology Sarah John and Tahzeeb Bhagat; 11. Introduction to general Anaesthesia Jo Han Gan and James Ip; 12. Fundamentals of airway management Rebecca Sherwood; 13. Artificial ventilation Vicky Lester; 14. Management of perioperative medical emergencies Nathan Gamble; 15. Total Intravenous Anaesthesia (TIVA) Scott Miller; 16. Fundamentals of basic patient monitoring Victoria Cadman and Efua Hagan; 17. Haemodynamic monitoring Michael Donnellon; 18. Fundamentals of regional Anaesthesia Karim Will Mukhtar and Will Angus; 19. Fundamentals of the Anaesthetic machine Daniel Rodger; 20. Anaesthetic breathing systems Cheryl Wayne-Kevan and Daniel Rodger; 21. Pharmacological agents in Anaesthetic practice Kathryn Newton, Peter Turton and Brian Corrin; 22. Fundamentals of emergency Obstretric care Victoria Cadman and Rebecca Lowes; 23. Care of the bariatric patient Hannah Abbott; 24. Sterilisation and decontamination of surgical instruments Martin Kiernan and Roger King; 25. Management and use of medical equipment Julie Quick and Laura Garbett; 26. Fundamentals of the surgical scrub role Lindsay Keeley; 27. Fundamentals of patient positioning Sarah Brady; 28. Fundamentals of thermoregulation Craig Griffiths; 29. Fluid and electrolyte balance during surgery Chris Wood and Rebecca Parker; 30. The Physiology of blood and its administration Suzanne Arulogun and Paul Wheeler; 31. Fundamentals of wound healing, dressings and drains Steve Moutrey; 32. Understanding sutures and skin closure Steve Moutrey and Paul Bond; 33. Perioperative care of the paediatric patient Faye Lowry and Daniel Rodger; 34. Perioperative pain management Senthil Jayaseelan; 35. The recovery of patients from Anaesthesia and surgery Patricia Smedley and Jane Nicholas-Holley; 36. Fundamentals of emergency resuscitation Robert Ayee; 37. Human factors, ergonomics and non-technical skills Mark Hellaby; 38. Understanding intraoperative death Daniel Rodger and Heather Hartley; 39. Extended and advanced roles in perioperative practice Sally Stuart.

'This second edition is a much-anticipated modernisation of a classic book within the perioperative educational environment that should appear on the bookshelf of every student and educator. It is easy-to-read and contains diagrams, tables and photographs to support the written content. The first edition been updated to support the graduate workforce within perioperative practice, with chapters covering everything from the design of the operating department and decontamination and sterilisation to the management of perioperative medical emergencies within the operating department. The list of contributors reads like a who's who within the world of perioperative education and practice in the modern healthcare environment, and each of the 39 chapters links theory and practice within the perioperative environment with the detail we have come to know and expect from the previous edition.' Giles Farrington, RODP PGCHPE FHEA MAcadMEd, Senior ODP Critical Care and Resuscitation, York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust