Small animal emergency and critical care for veterinary technicians / [edited by] Andrea M. Battaglia, Andrea M. Steele.

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"Covering the veterinary technician's role in caring for small animals requiring emergency and critical care, this practical resource provides quick access to dozens of life-saving protocols and procedures. Each treatment technique is described in step-by-step detail and illustrated in full color."-...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Battaglia, Andrea M. (Editor)
Steele, Andrea M. (Editor)
Language:English
Published: St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier, [2016]
Edition:Third edition.
Subjects:
Veterinary emergencies > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Veterinary critical care > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Veterinary critical care.
Veterinary emergencies.
Emergencies > veterinary.
Animal Technicians.
Critical Care.
Handbook.
Handbooks and manuals.
Genre:
Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Handbook.
Handbooks and manuals.
Physical Description:xi, 539 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Critical thinking : skill of observation and interpretation / Andrea M. Battaglia
  • Monitoring of the critically ill or injured patient / DeeDee Shumacher
  • Patient's lifeline : intravenous catheter / Andrea M. Battaglia and Julie Hirsch-Fitzpatrick
  • Fluid therapy / Charlotte Donohoe
  • Transfusion medicine / Kenichiro Yagi
  • Nutritional support for the critically ill patient / Daniel L. Chan
  • Oxygen therapy techniques / Andrea M. Steele
  • Mechanical ventilation / Andrea M. Steele
  • Pain assessment and treatment / Nancy Shaffran
  • Anesthesia in the critically ill or injured patient / Jennifer J. Devey
  • Isolation techniques in clinical practice / Louise O'Dwyer
  • Emergency receiving / Andrea M. Battaglia
  • Management of patients in shock / Harold Davis
  • Cardiopulmonary resuscitation current practice / Harold Davis
  • Traumatic emergencies / Jennifer J. Devey
  • Hematological emergencies / Kenichiro Yagi
  • Cardiovascular emergencies / Deborah Ann Kingston
  • Respiratory emergencies / Andrea M. Steele
  • Gastrointestinal emergencies / Jennifer J. Devey
  • Metabolic and endocrine emergencies / Angela Randels
  • Urologic emergencies / Andrea M. Battaglia and Andrea M. Steele
  • Reproductive emergencies / Amy Breton
  • Ocular emergencies / Pam Dickens
  • Neurologic emergencies / Fiona James and Jennifer Collins
  • Toxicologic emergencies / Jessica D. Davis
  • Avian and exotic emergencies / Jody Nugent-Deal
  • Disaster medicine / Amy N. Breton
  • The art of scheduling / Andrea M. Battaglia
  • Client communication in an emergency / Jim Clark.