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Highly accessible, the work has practical approaches to many of the procedures that a rural doctor may provide. Drawing on the acclaimed Occasional Procedure series published by the Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine, this edition has been thoroughly revised adding new procedures and the latest drug information and evidence.

Written by experienced rural doctors for both learners and practicing physicians, this eminently readable volume contains:

• Over forty anaesthesia, obstetrics, trauma, cardiac, as well as office procedures
• Hundreds of rich illustrations that guide you step by step
• All written to the rural context

This outstanding book is an excellent resource for those interested in finding their way through rural procedural care in both office and hospital settings.

"This textbook may be eligible under CME funding programs in Yukon, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, & Ontario."

Edited by P. Hutten-Czapski, G. Magee and J. Wootton. November 2006. Society of Rural Physicians of Canada.

Hardcover, 280 pp. Illust. ISBN 10: 0-9781620-0-5

  
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Airway

Airway Management......................................................1
Rapid Sequence Intubation..........................................7
Laryngeal Mask Airway................................................19
Cricothyrotomy..............................................................23

Cardiac/Pulmonary

Arterial Line..................................................................27
Central Vein Catheter.................................................35
PICC Line.......................................................................45
Cardioversion...............................................................49
Stress Test....................................................................55
Chest Tube....................................................................61

Nervous System

Burr Hole.......................................................................67
Lumbar Puncture.........................................................73
Intrathecal Narcotic.....................................................81
Bier Block.......................................................................91
Slit Lamp.........................................................................95

INTEGUMENT

Extensor Tendon Repair............................................99
Facial Laceration.......................................................109
Fishhook Removal....................................................117
Ganglion.....................................................................125
Ingrown Toenail........................................................129
Breast Cyst Aspiration.............................................141
Carpal Tunnel Injection............................................145

Paracentesis...............................................................149
Unna Boot...................................................................153
Split Thickness Fingertip Skin Graft.......................157
V-Y Flap........................................................................161
Z-plasty.........................................................................165

MUSCULOSKELETAL

C-Spine Xray...............................................................171
Colles Fracture...........................................................179
Knee Aspiration.........................................................189
Shoulder Reduction..................................................193
Short Arm Cast...........................................................203
Scaphoid Cast.............................................................209
Short Leg Cast............................................................215
Stovepipe Cast...........................................................221

GENITOURINARY/MATERNITY

Shoulder Dystocia......................................................225
Breech Delivery..........................................................231
Suprapubic Catheter..................................................237
Testicular Torsion.......................................................241
Umbilical Catheter.....................................................245

APPENDICES

Index of Procedures..................................................253
Equipment Sources...................................................255