In order to prevent the occurrence of hypothermia in the perioperative period, there are several specific nursing measures that medical staff can implement.
The first is to strengthen the management of patient temperature. One of the universally required care measures is the use of an efficient, accurate, and safe method of temperature monitoring to monitor the patient’s temperature. The disposable body temperature probe can be connected to the monitor to display the patient’s body temperature change data.
During the operation, nurses should strengthen the observation of the patient’s skin temperature data, and try to take corresponding nursing measures in time when the patient’s body temperature is detected at the beginning, so as to avoid hypothermia caused by the patient’s body temperature being lower than the normal level.
The principles are: early detection, early treatment, and early prevention.
Core body temperature monitoring points: nasopharynx, oral cavity, tympanic membrane, pulmonary artery, rectum.
Different types of monitor body temperature probes are classified, which can measure body temperature of the patient’s body cavity and body surface respectively.
In addition, psychologically convenient nursing measures are also the focus of attention.
Some academic reports have shown that there is also a relationship between the patient’s preoperative mood swings and the changes in body temperature during the operation.
In other words, preoperative psychological counseling is helpful to prevent hypothermia. To reduce the patient’s anxiety and enhance the patient’s confidence in the operation. After the psychological consultation, the temperature change curve monitored by the monitor’s temperature probe is obviously much smoother than that of the highly nervous and anxious patients.
In conclusion, the top priority of body temperature management is not only the use of monitor body temperature probes to monitor the patient’s body temperature, but also preoperative psychological counseling.
Post time: Jan-10-2022