Description
Develop essential skills for enhancing cardiovascular health, ensuring accurate assessment and patient-focused treatment
Clinical Skills and the Cardiovascular System delivers a structured approach to understanding and mastering the clinical assessment and procedural skills that are essential for delivering safe, effective and compassionate care for patients with conditions affecting the cardiovascular system.
Part of Peate’s Clinical Skills, a 12-book series that combines knowledge of human anatomy and physiology with practical, confident clinical skills, this volume is organised into chapters covering how to engage with patients, assessing the cardiovascular system, health promotion, planning care for hypertension, vital signs, the electrocardiograph, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and medicine management.
Clinical Skills and the Cardiovascular System equips readers with:
- Clear explanations of anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology relevant to the cardiovascular system
- Step-by-step guidance on assessment, examination, and procedural techniques, emphasising best practice and patient safety
- Insights on interpreting findings, recognising abnormalities, and applying knowledge to guide care decisions
- Guidance on teamwork, infection prevention and control, documentation, and patient-centred care throughout clinical practice
- Strategies to explain diagnoses, treatment plans, and care procedures to patients and families, while offering emotional support
Clinical Skills and the Cardiovascular System is an essential resource for all healthcare and social care students—including those returning to practice and newly qualified practitioners—who manage patients with cardiovascular conditions and seek practical ways to deliver a higher standard of care.
Table of Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgements xi
1 The Anatomy and Physiology of the Cardiovascular System 1
2 Engaging with Patients and Assessing the Cardiovascular System 35
3 Health Promotion 56
4 Planning Care: Hypertension 79
5 Vital Signs 99
6 The Electrocardiograph 125
7 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation 151
8 Medicine Management: The Cardiovascular System 187
MCQ Answers 212
Index 213
