Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care

A Manual for the Veterinary Technician

Andrea M. Battaglia (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

386 Seiten

2000
W B Saunders Co Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7216-7773-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Useful for veterinary technicians, this book provides access to many common, life-saving protocols and procedures. It includes chapters on assessment, equipment, and many therapies and techniques, such as fluid therapy, oxygen therapy, and transfusions. It also addresses specific systemic problems, such as hematologic, cardiovascular, and more.

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"Small Animal Emergency And Critical Care" is the first book in the field written expressly for veterinary technicians. Efficiently organized for fast consultations, it provides quick access to dozens of common, life-saving protocols and procedures. Section I includes chapters on assessment, equipment, and a multitude of therapies and techniques, such as fluid therapy, oxygen therapy, transfusions, and more. Every procedure is thoroughly illustrated and described, step-by-step. Details include important coverage of common drugs used to stabilize and maintain patients, with the mode of action and dosages. Section II addresses specific systemic problems, such as hematologic, cardiovascular, and GI emergencies, shock and trauma. The emphasis throughout is on total team management of the critical animal patient. The book concludes with a sensitive chapter on the importance of scheduling to those who care for acutely compromised patients.

Inhalt

Page 2 of 1 Section I The Skill of Observation Basic Laboratory Equipment for the Emergency and Critical Care Hopsital Your Patients Lifeline The Intravenous Catheter Fluid Therapy Small Animal Transfusion Medicine Nutrition for the Critically Hospitalized Patient Oxygen Therapy Techniques Mechanical Ventilation of the Critical Patient Pain Assessment and Treatment Anesthesia for the Critially Ill or Injured Patient Section II Management of the Shock Patient Management of the Ultimate Emergency: Cardiopulmonary Cerebralvascular Resuscitation The Trauma Patient Hematologic Emergencies Cardiovascular Emergencies Respiratory Emergencies Gastrointestinal Emergencies Metabolic Endocrine Emergencies Urogenital Emergencies Reproductive Emergencies Ocular Emergencies Neurologic Emergencies Toxicologic Emergencies Section III The Art of Scheduling

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.10.2000
• Zusatzinfo: Illustd
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 191 x 235 mm
• Gewicht: 663 g
• Themenwelt: Veterinärmedizin ► Kleintier
• ISBN-10: 0-7216-7773-8 / 0721677738
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7216-7773-6 / 9780721677736
• Zustand: Neuware