Respiratory Physiotherapy: An On-Call Survival Guide (Physiotherapy Pocketbooks), Second Edition

328 Pages·2008·5.45 MB·English

by  Beverley Harden MSc BSc(Hons) MCSP, Jane Cross EdD MSc Grad Dip Phys MCSP, Mary Ann Broad MSc(Critical care) BSc(Physiotherapy) MCSP, Matthew Quint MCSP Grad Dip Phys MPhil, Paul Ritson MCSP, Sandy Thomas MEd MCSP

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CONTRIBUTORS
Alison Aldridge MCSP
Principal Respiratory Physiotherapist, Hampshire Primary Care Trust, Lymington
Valerie Ball MSc, MCSP
Lecturer, School of Health and Rehabilitation, Keele University, Keele
Mary-Ann Broad MSc (Critical care), BSc (Physiotherapy), MCSP
Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff
Alison Carter MCSP
C linical Lead Acute Inpatient Paediatrics, Evelina Children’s Hospital, Guy’s and
St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London
Lorraine Clapham BSc (Hons), MCSP
Principal Clinical Lead Physiotherapist, Wessex Neurological Unit, Southampton
Nell Clotworthy MCSP, MSc
C linical Specialist Respiratory Physiotherapist, South Devon Healthcare NHS
Foundation Trust, Torbay Hospital, Torquay
Dr Jane Cross EdD, MSc, Grad Dip Phys, MCSP
Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy, Univestity of East Anglia, Norwich
Rachel Devlin Grad Dip Phys, MCSP
C linical Specialist Physiotherapist, General Intensive Care, Southampton University
Hospitals NHS Trust, Southampton
Elaine Dhouieb MCSP, MSc
R espiratory Clinical Specialist, Physiotherapy Department, Royal Hospital for Sick
Children, Edinburgh
Alison Draper MSc, MCSP, Cert HE
L ecturer, Division of Physiotherapy, School of Health Sciences, The University of
Liverpool, Liverpool
Dr Stephen Harden MA, MB, BS, FRCS, FRCR
C onsultant Cardiothoracic Radiologist, Wessex Cardiothoracic Centre, Southampton
Contributors ix
Bernadette Henderson MSc, MCSP
A dvanced Clinical Practitioner, Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy, Barnet and Chase
Farm NHS Trust, Barnet Hospital, Barnet
Carole Jones Grad Dip Phys, MCSP
Superintendent Physiotherapist, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff
Sarah EJ Keilty MSc, MCSP
C onsultant Physiotherapist, Respiratory & Critical Care, Guy’s and St Thomas’
NHS Foundation Trust, London
Angela Kell BSc (Hons), MCSP
S uperintendent Physiotherapist, United Bristol Healthcare Trust, Physiotherapy
Department, Bristol Royal Infi rmary, Bristol
Irelna Kruger BSc, MCSP
Band 7 Physiotherapist, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London
Katharine Malhotra BSc (Hons), MCSP
Superintendent Physiotherapist, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London
Matthew Quint MCSP, Grad Dip Phys, MPhil
C linical Specialist Physiotherapist, Portsmouth City Teaching Primary Care Trust,
Portsmouth
Paul Ritson MCSP
C linical Specialist Physiotherapist, Paediatric Critical Care, Royal Liverpool
Children’s NHS Trust (Alder Hey), Liverpool
Fiona Roberts MSc, BSc, MCSP
L ecturer in Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health and Social Care, School of Health
Sciences, The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen
Elizabeth Thomas MSc, Grad Dip Phys, MCSP
Medical Respiratory Lead Physiotherapist, Bradford Royal Infi rmary, Bradford
Sandy Thomas MEd, MCSP
S enior Lecturer, University of the West of England, Bristol
Zoe Van Willigan BSc, MCSP
B and 7 Physiotherapist, General Intensive Care, Southampton University Hospitals
NHS Trust, Southampton
Ruth Wakeman BSc (Physiotherapy), MCSP
Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist, Royal Brompton & Harefi eld NHS Trust, London