Patient Sedation Without Medication


Book Description

The ideas and techniques featured in Patient Sedation Without Medication were conceived and refined in clinical practice. By following the book's step-by-step guidelines, healthcare professionals can help their patients better cope with anxiety and pain when undergoing their procedures; thus enabling patients to either forgo or reduce their needs for medication.Authors Elvira Lang, MD-one of the world's leading experts in procedure hypnosis-and Eleanor Laser, PhD-clinical psychologist and international advocate of procedure hypnosis-drew on extensive controlled research with more than 700 patients, and 17 years of field experience in writing Patient Sedation Without Medication. "Lang and Laser really get it; patients' fears, their helplessness when caught in the midst of medical procedures, and the huge need of patients to be treated with dignity and respect."- Judy Foreman, Nationally Syndicated Health ColumnistWinner of the 2010 Arthur Shapiro Award for Best Book on Hypnosis- Patient Sedation Without Medication contains detailed ready-to-use examples, scripts, and authentic case studies to provide practical help for doctors, nurses, medical and radiological technologists, chiropractors, dentists, phlebotomists, physical therapists, and other caregivers. Also, the book will benefit patients who will learn how their well-being can be improved.The book prepares you for instant application of the techniques. In fact, you can begin practicing Patient Sedation Without Meditation techniques just minutes after reading the book!







Essential Emergency Procedural Sedation and Pain Management


Book Description

Procedural sedation is commonly used in the emergency department for patients undergoing painful procedures such as fracture reduction or electrical cardioversion. The fourth volume in the Essential Emergency Medicine series, Essential Emergency Procedural Sedation and Pain Management provides a unique interprofessional perspective on delivering procedural sedation and analgesia. The book is designed for staff physicians, residents, nurses, professionals, and allied health care workers. Although procedural sedation is commonly employed and recognized as a required skill set for emergency physicians, there is a lack of appropriate education in the area, and this book bridges gaps in training, especially in the interprofessional team setting.




Clinical Sedation in Dentistry


Book Description

Clinical Sedation in Dentistry is a comprehensive textbook on the principles and practice of clinical sedation in dentistry, written by experienced educators and internationally renowned researchers in the field. Chapters cover the following key topics: the etiology of dental anxiety, patient management techniques, anatomy and physiology, pharmacology, patient assessment and selection, pre-medication and oral sedation, special care dentistry, inhalation and intravenous sedation, complications and emergencies, medico-legal aspects, and advances.




Managing Your Medical Experience


Book Description

The information you need to manage medical experiences to your best advantage - from scheduling an appointment through tests and treatment. - Insight and tips for coping with specific medical situations. - Background information to put issues in perspective. - Proactive strategies and solutions to better prepare for surgery, dentistry, MRIs, endoscopies, angioplasties or any other medical encounters. Plus, Comfort Talk techniques newly revitalized and adapted for personal use! The same techniques acclaimed internationally by major medical centers for fast, natural, safe relief of the stress and pain that can accompany medical tests and treatments have been carefully adapted for personal use to help you attain immediate relief when you need it - where you need it.




Moderate Procedural Sedation and Analgesia


Book Description

Introducing the definitive resource designed for practitioners working in the rapidly expanding area of moderate procedural sedation and analgesia clinical practice. Moderate Procedural Sedation and Analgesia: A Question and Answer Approach focuses on the preprocedural, procedural, and postprocedural care of the moderately sedated patient in a variety of settings. This comprehensive text is designed to provide all the content and tools nurses and other clinicians need to demonstrate competency in moderate sedation and analgesia. Additionally, this user-friendly text is written by well-known sedation/analgesia expert, Michael Kost and recommended by standards of practice from the ANA, AORN, and the American Academy of Pediatrics. - New clinically focused text ensures clinicians involved in the administration and management of patients receiving moderate sedation have access to the most up-to-date information. - Strong safety focus throughout the book explains how technology and clinician practice can improve sedation administration. - Chapters organized in clinical problem/question plus answer format help you easily comprehend material. - Follows the latest TJC Sedation/Anesthesia Guidelines ensuring you are ready for medication administration in clinical practice. - Pediatrics and Geriatrics chapters cover specific sedation practice recommendations that address the substantive clinical practice challenges associated with these patient populations. - Pharmacologic profiles of medications detail their use in the moderate sedation practice setting.




Guidelines for the Psychosocially Assisted Pharmacological Treatment of Opioid Dependence


Book Description

"These guidelines were produced by the World Health Organization (WHO), Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) a Guidelines Development Group of technical experts, and in consultation with the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) secretariat and other WHO departments. WHO also wishes to acknowledge the financial contribution of UNODC and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) to this project. " - p. iv




Self-Intelligence


Book Description

“If you are reading this, count yourself lucky to have found this book. It contains some of the most fascinating information and material you will ever read.” —New York Times best-selling author Jack Canfield Self-Intelligence is the self-help book for people who long to transform their lives and who trust only proven scientific tools, but also prefer page-turners to dry prose. Cutting-edge brain science meets superb storytelling as readers learn proven techniques to break through inner gridlock, sustain high performance, and achieve their dreams. All of this is possible due to neuroplasticity, the revolutionary discovery that we can literally re-form our brains by strategically choosing our thoughts, actions, and experiences. First came emotional intelligence, then came social intelligence. Here, at last, Self-Intelligence provides the big picture, incorporating the latest research from diverse scientific fields. Mental coach, transformational trainer, and science addict Jane Ransom lays out for you the new Self-Intelligence™ model, which she has used to help countless clients achieve the positive change they previously found impossible. You’ll be uplifted, motivated to move forward, and simply fascinated. The author, who also is a master hypnotist, devotes a riveting chapter to the art and science of hypnosis. Throughout the book, she shares intriguing behind-the-curtain glimpses of its applications. By following the easy, clear precepts of Self-Intelligence, you can finally achieve your true potential and take the scientific short-cuts to greater success. You’ll be empowered to avert old obstacles because the five-part model addresses your entire being, from the hidden depths of your subconscious self to your striving self, who sets and achieves tangible goals.




An Introduction to Clinical Emergency Medicine


Book Description

Fully-updated edition of this award-winning textbook, arranged by presenting complaints with full-color images throughout. For students, residents, and emergency physicians.




Continuous Sedation at the End of Life


Book Description

This book brings together clinicians, ethicists and lawyers to put the practice of continuous sedation under a critical spotlight.