Churchill's pocketbooks of clinical practical procedures for junior doctors / Nisha Patel, Daniel Knight ; edited by Mark Palazzo.

Includes index.

Airway care with simple devices -- Peak expiratory flow rate measurement and spirometry -- Pleural aspiration (of fluid or air) -- Chest drain insertion and management -- Percutaneous pleural biopsy -- Venepunture (peripheral and femoral) -- Blood cultures -- Peripheral venous cannulation -- Preparing and setting up intravenous medications -- Intravenous fluids and commonly prescribed infusions -- Central venous catheter insertion -- Arterial blood gas sampling -- Arterial cannulation -- Performing an electrocardiogram (ECG) -- Nasogastric tube placement -- Abdominal paracentesis and ascitic drain insertion -- Rigid sigmoidoscopy -- Urethral catheterisation -- Lumbar puncture -- Arthrocentesis of the knee -- Subcutaneous and intramuscular injections -- Local anaesthetics -- Suturing.