Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care for Veterinary Technicians

Master the veterinary technician's role in caring for critically ill or injured pets! Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care for Veterinary Technicians, 4th Edition provides quick access to dozens of common, life-saving protocols and procedures. Each treatment technique is described in step-by-step detail and illustrated in full color. To prepare you for the veterinary setting, a team approach is emphasized. This edition adds three new chapters and includes practical, easy-to-apply medical math and scenario-based exercises. Written by experienced veterinary technicians Andrea Battaglia and Andrea Steele, this resource prepares you for success on the VTNE, in veterinary practices, and in animal hospital emergency departments. INDICE: SECTION I: Critically Ill Small Animals1. Critical Thinking - Skill of Observation and Interpretation2. Monitoring of the Critically Ill or Injured Patient3. Patient's Lifeline: Intravenous Catheter4. Fluid Therapy5. Transfusion Medicine6. Nutritional Support for the Critically Ill Patient7. Oxygen Therapy Techniques8. Mechanical Ventilation9. Pain Assessment and Treatment10. Supporting the Critically Ill or Injured through Physical Rehabilitation Techniques  NEW!11. Anesthesia in the Critically Ill or Injured12. Isolation Techniques in Clinical PracticeSECTION II: Emergency Care for Small Animals13. Emergency Receiving 14. Management of Patients in Shock15. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Current Practice16. Traumatic Emergencies17. Hematologic Emergencies18. Cardiovascular Emergencies19. Respiratory Emergencies20. Gastrointestinal Emergencies21. Metabolic and Endocrine Emergencies22. Urologic Emergencies23. Reproductive Emergencies24. Ocular Emergencies25. Neurologic Emergencies26. Toxicologic Emergencies27. Avian and Exotic Emergencies28. Disaster MedicineSECTION III: Practice Management29. Fostering Wellbeing in the ER and ICU  NEW!30. The Art of Scheduling31. Client Communication in an Emergency32. Managing Pharmaceuticals in the ER  NEW!

• ISBN: 978-0-323-67312-9
• Editorial: Saunders
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 512
• Fecha Publicación: 12/11/2020
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés