Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care for Veterinary Technicians

The first book in the field written expressly for veterinary technicians, Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care, 2nd Edition is efficiently organized for fast consultations and provides quick access to dozens of common, life-saving protocols and procedures. This book focuses on how to maintain patients' conditions and provide specific nursing care that is beneficial to the individual patient's recovery, including how to maintain and handle the various access ports used in the critically ill animal. INDICE: Section One: Critically Ill Small Animals1. The skill of observation and interpretation2. Basic laboratory equipment3. Patient's lifeline4. Fluid therapy5. Small animal transfusion medicine6. Nutritional support for the critically ill patient7. Oxygen therapy techniques8. Mechanical ventilation9. Pain assessment and treatment10. Anesthesia in the critically ill or injured patient11. Isolating the critically ill small animal patient with infectious diseaseSection Two: Emergency Care for Small Animals12. Management of the shock patient13. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation14. Trauma15. Hematologic emergencies16. Cardiovascular emergencies17. Respiratory system emergencies18. Gastrointestinal system emergencies19. Metabolic and endocrine system emergencies20. Urogenital system emergencies21. Reproductive system emergencies22. Ocular emergencies23. Neurologic system emergencies24. Toxicologic emergencies25. Avian and exotic emergencies26. Disaster medicineSection Three: Practice Management27. The art of scheduling28. Risk management and the emergency veterinary technician

• ISBN: 978-0-323-22774-2
• Editorial: Saunders
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 496
• Fecha Publicación: 12/08/2015
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés