Medical Student Survival Skills

Philip Jevon is Honorary Clinical Lecturer at Birmingham Medical School and Academy Manager/Tutor, Walsall Teaching Academy, Manor Hospital, Walsall, UK. Ruchi Joshi is Clinical Director for Emergency and Acute Medicine, Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, Manor Hospital, Walsall, UK.

• About the companion website vii1 Measuring body temperature 12 Measuring pulse and blood pressure 73 Transcutaneous monitoring of oxygen saturations 134 Peak expiratory flow 175 Venepuncture 216 Managing blood samples correctly 257 Taking blood cultures 298 Measuring capillary blood glucose 339 ECG monitoring 3710 Recording a 12 lead ECG 4111 Basic respiratory function tests 4512 Urine multi‐dipstick test 4913 Advising patients on how to collect a mid‐stream urine specimen 5314 Taking nose, throat, and skin swabs 5715 Performing a pregnancy test 6316 Administering oxygen 6917 Airway management: Insertion of oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal airways 7518 Ventilation: Pocket mask and self‐inflating bag 8119 Defibrillation (manual and automated) 8720 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation 9121 Establishing peripheral intravenous access 10122 Use of infusion devices 10723 Making up drugs for parenteral administration 11124 Dosage and administration of insulin and use of sliding scales 11525 Administering a subcutaneous injection 11926 Intravenous injections 12327 Administration of blood transfusion 12728 Male and female urinary catheterisation 13529 Instructing patients in the use of devices for inhaled medication 14730 Skin suturing 15131 Application of a sling 15532 Safe disposal of clinical waste, needles, and other ‘sharps’ 15933 Arterial blood gas sampling 16534 Examination of the ear 16935 Ophthalmoscopy 17536 Relieving foreign body airway obstruction 181Index 185