Foreword; 1. The caring perioperative practitioner Julie Quick; 2. Evidence-based perioperative practice Paul Rawling; 3. Healthcare ethics and professional regulation in operating department practice Edmund Horowicz and Amy Williams; 4. Understanding the law within operating department practice Edmund Horowicz and Amy Williams; 5. Health and safety in the perioperative environment Kevin Henshaw; 6. Fundamentals of operating department design Shane Roadnight and Anne Followell; 7. Infection prevention and control in the operating department Jo Fielding and Mark Milligan; 8. Cardiovascular Physiology Dominic Nielsen and James Ip; 9. Recognition and interpretation of the ECG Kully Sandhu; 10. Respiratory Physiology Sarah John and Tahzeeb Bhagat; 11. Introduction to general Anaesthesia Jo Han Gan and James Ip; 12. Fundamentals of airway management Rebecca Sherwood; 13. Artificial ventilation Vicky Lester; 14. Management of perioperative medical emergencies Nathan Gamble; 15. Total Intravenous Anaesthesia (TIVA) Scott Miller; 16. Fundamentals of basic patient monitoring Victoria Cadman and Efua Hagan; 17. Haemodynamic monitoring Michael Donnellon; 18. Fundamentals of regional Anaesthesia Karim Will Mukhtar and Will Angus; 19. Fundamentals of the Anaesthetic machine Daniel Rodger; 20. Anaesthetic breathing systems Cheryl Wayne-Kevan and Daniel Rodger; 21. Pharmacological agents in Anaesthetic practice Kathryn Newton, Peter Turton and Brian Corrin; 22. Fundamentals of emergency Obstretric care Victoria Cadman and Rebecca Lowes; 23. Care of the bariatric patient Hannah Abbott; 24. Sterilisation and decontamination of surgical instruments Martin Kiernan and Roger King; 25. Management and use of medical equipment Julie Quick and Laura Garbett; 26. Fundamentals of the surgical scrub role Lindsay Keeley; 27. Fundamentals of patient positioning Sarah Brady; 28. Fundamentals of thermoregulation Craig Griffiths; 29. Fluid and electrolyte balance during surgery Chris Wood and Rebecca Parker; 30. The Physiology of blood and its administration Suzanne Arulogun and Paul Wheeler; 31. Fundamentals of wound healing, dressings and drains Steve Moutrey; 32. Understanding sutures and skin closure Steve Moutrey and Paul Bond; 33. Perioperative care of the paediatric patient Faye Lowry and Daniel Rodger; 34. Perioperative pain management Senthil Jayaseelan; 35. The recovery of patients from Anaesthesia and surgery Patricia Smedley and Jane Nicholas-Holley; 36. Fundamentals of emergency resuscitation Robert Ayee; 37. Human factors, ergonomics and non-technical skills Mark Hellaby; 38. Understanding intraoperative death Daniel Rodger and Heather Hartley; 39. Extended and advanced roles in perioperative practice Sally Stuart.