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

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Other Authors: Battaglia, Andrea M. (Editor), Steele, Andrea M. (Editor)
Language:English
Published: St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier, [2021]
Edition:Fourth edition.
Subjects:
Veterinary emergencies > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Veterinary critical care > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Emergencies > veterinary.
Animal Technicians.
Critical Care.
Dog Diseases.
Cat Diseases.
Dogs.
Cats.
Handbook.
Genre:
Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Handbook.
Physical Description:xi, 420 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Critical thinking : skill of observation and interpretation
  • Monitoring of the critically ill or injured patient
  • Patient's lifeline : intravenous catheter
  • Fluid therapy
  • Transfusion medicine
  • Nutritional support for the critically ill patient
  • Oxygen therapy techniques
  • Mechanical ventilation
  • Pain assessment and treatment
  • Supporting the critically ill or injured through physical rehabilitation techniques
  • Anesthesia in the critically ill or injured patient
  • Isolation techniques in clinical practice
  • Emergency receiving
  • Management of patients in shock
  • Cardiopulmonary cerebrovascular resuscitation
  • Traumatic emergencies
  • Hematologic emergencies
  • Cardiovascular emergencies
  • Respiratory emergencies
  • Gastrointestinal emergencies
  • Metabolic and endocrine emergencies
  • Urologic emergencies
  • Reproductive emergencies
  • Ocular emergencies
  • Neurologic emergencies
  • Toxicologic emergencies : dogs and cats
  • Avian and exotic emergencies
  • Disaster medicine
  • Fostering wellbeing in the ER and ICU
  • The art of scheduling
  • Client communication in an emergency
  • Management of pharmaceuticals in the ER.