Practical procedures
The importance of practical procedures and of performing them safely cannot be underestimated. Healthcare professionals (HCPs) will be expected to perform a wide range of practical procedures with competence and confidence.
Some of these procedures will be diagnostic, some therapeutic and others life-saving.
The structure of healthcare organizations dictates that even the most junior trainees will on occasion have to undertake some of the procedures described in this book without supervision.
This book contains procedures that are a part of medical, nursing and allied health curricula throughout the world.
The focus is on understanding not just the practical aspects of how to do a particular procedure but also why, when and where to do it.
