Short description
This manual provides clear, concise management advice from a team of leaders in emergency veterinary medicine, making it a valuable text for the classroom and an indispensable resource for emergency situations in daily veterinary practice. Written in an easy-to-follow outline format, this book gives you rapid access to essential information needed to stabilize and treat the emergency and critical care patient. The first part of the book outlines initial care of the trauma or critical patient, followed by coverage that ranges from triage to basic fluid therapy, monitoring, and continuous care. The second part of the book features emergency care coverage organized by body system, beginning with the general approach to patients with emergent signs in each system and followed by protocols for specific conditions.
Long description
Medical emergencies and critical care are among the most common problems in veterinary practice. Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care provides the practitioner with clear, concise management advice. The introductory chapter on life support and initial stabilization provides the outline for the initial care of the traumatized patient. Covering everything from triage to shock to basic fluid therapy, the authors provide the basics of critical care. In the realm of emergency care, the coverage is organized by organ system and includes everything from insect bites to complex hematologic and neurological disorders. The manual is written in an easy-to-follow outline format, organized to help practitioners quickly find the information they need to stabilize and treat the animal. Chapters include clinical signs, differential diagnosis, procedures, guidance on selecting and interpreting laboratory tests, and medical therapy. Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care gives the practitioner rapid-access information for the cases which need the most time-sensitive attention. Lecturers - Click here to order a FREE Review Copy of this title !