Postoperative assessment and management of complications [videorecording] - Carrollton : HSTN, 2000 - 1 videocassette (VHS) (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. - Nurse's station .

This video shows how to perform a postoperative assessment using the Airway, Breathing, and Circulation (ABC's) technique. It demonstrates both the primary survey (used to admit and assess a postoperative patient) and the more detailed secondary survey, which gathers in-depth pulmonary, circulatory, and neurological assessment information. It discusses common postoperative pulmonary and circulatory complications and describes signs that indicate a complication may become an emergency

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Postoperative Care--nursing
Postoperative Complications--nursing
Nursing Assessment--methods
Catheterization, Peripheral--nursing

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