Advanced Monitoring and Procedures for Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care (eBook)

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2012 | 1. Auflage
888 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-24220-9 (ISBN)

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Advanced Monitoring and Procedures for Small Animal Emergency
and Critical Care is a comprehensive yet practical reference,
providing hands-on information essential to veterinarians and
veterinary technicians involved in emergency and critical care.
Written by an expert team of veterinarians and veterinary
technicians, this well-referenced book offers step-by-step
protocols for performing advanced emergency and critical care
procedures and monitoring techniques. Packed with practical
guidance in an easy-to-use format, this book is ideally suited for
quick access in emergency rooms or intensive care units.

Organized primarily by body system, each chapter covers general
principles, indications, equipment, techniques, basic
interpretation, troubleshooting, and contraindications.
Standardized protocols supply equipment lists and step-by-step
instructions throughout, and a companion website offers images from
the book in PowerPoint and protocols as downloadable Word
files. Advanced Monitoring and Procedures for Small Animal
Emergency and Critical Care is a valuable resource for any
veterinary staff member with an interest in improving the standard
of care in emergency and critical care medicine.

Jamie M. Burkitt Creedon, DVM, DACVECC, is Chief of the Emergency and Critical Care service at Red Bank Veterinary Hospital in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Harold Davis, RVT, VTS (ECC), is Manager of the Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care Service at the William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital of the University of California at Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.

1. Introduction to Small Animal Emergency Practice.

2. Introduction to Intensive Care.

Section I: Cardiovascular.

3. Catheterization of the Venous Compartment.

4. Arterial Puncture and Catheter Placement.

5. Electrocardiography.

6. Basic Electrocardiogram Interpretation.

7. Principles of Arterial Blood Pressure Monitoring.

8. Indirect Arterial Blood Pressure Monitoring.

9. Direct Arterial Blood Pressure Monitoring.

10. Central Venous Pressure Monitoring.

11. Use of the Pulmonary Arterial Catheter.

12. Bedside Echocardiography.

13. Other Cardiac Output Monitoring Techniques.

14. Monitoring Tissue Perfusion: Clinicopathologic Aids andAdvanced Techniques.

15. CPR Techniques.

16. Defibrillation.

17. Temporary Pacemakers.

18. Emergency Thoracotomy.

19. Pericardiocentesis.

Section II: Respiratory.

20. Oxygen Therapy.

21. Arterial Blood Gas Interpretation.

22. Pulse Oximetry and Co-oximetry.

23. Rapid Sequence Intubation.

24. Tracheostomy Tube Placement.

25. Artificial Airway Management.

26. End-Tidal CO2 monitoring.

27. Mechanical Ventilation.

28. Basic ventilator waveform analysis.

29. Pleural Space Drainage.

30. Thoracic Imaging in the Critically Ill Patient.

Section III: Renal.

31. Urinary Catheter Placement.

32. Urine Evaluation.

33. Peritoneal Dialysis.

34. Hemodialysis.

Section IV: The Abdomen.

35. Peritoneal Evaluation.

36. Gastrointestinal Decompression and Decontamination.

37. Management of the Open Abdomen.

Section V: Nutrition.

38. Nutritional Requirements in Critical Illness.

39. Assisted Enteral Feeding.

40. Parenteral nutrition.

41. Enteral Diets.

Section VI: Analgesia and Anesthesia.

42. Pain Control.

43. Drug Administration.

44. Systemic Analgesia - basic overview of these classeswith patient considerations included.

45. Local Analgesia.

46. Monitoring the Anesthetized Patient.

47. Nursing Care of the Long-Term Anesthetized Patient.

Section VII: Clinicopathologic Techniques.

48. Blood Sample Collection and Handling.

49. In-house Hematological Evaluation.

50. Serum Electrolyte Evaluation.

51. Osmolality and Colloid Osmotic Pressure Measurements.

52. Cytology.

53. Blood Banking.

54. Blood Typing and Cross-Matching.

55. Transfusion Monitoring.

Section VIII: ("Other"?) MonitoringTechniques.

56. Continuous Blood Glucose Monitoring.

57. Intracranial Pressure Monitoring.

Section IX: Special Nursing Considerations.

58. Care of Indwelling Device Insertion Sites.

59. Care of the Brain Injured Patient.

60. Care of the Immobile Patient (?).

61. Specialized Care.

62. Aseptic Technique.

63. Minimizing Nosocomial Infection.

64. Handling Radioactive and Other Biohazardous Waste.

65. Medical Charting.

66. Compassion Fatigue

"The cost of the book is appropriate for the value it
provides as a unique and useful resource for all practitioners of
veterinary emergency and critical care medicine."
(Vet Med Today, 15 September 2013)

"I think this book is a must-read for all veterinary
professionals, especially those in the emergency field. Readers
beware: once you pick this book up you may not be able to put it
down!" (Veterinary Information Network, 21 November
2012)

"This is a complete and well-referenced compilation of
relevant information small animal emergency care."
(Doody's, 8 February 2013)

"Jamie M. Burkitt Creedon and Harold Davis edit ADVANCED
MONITORING AND PROCEDURES FOR SMALL ANIMAL EMERGENCY AND CRITICAL
CARE (9780813813370, $129.99), which deserves ongoing
recommendation and mention as simply an outstanding practical
reference providing hands-on information key to vets and
technicians working in the field." (Midwest Book
Reviews, 1 December 2012)
"Advanced Monitoring and Procedures for Small Animal Emergency and
Critical Care offers a comprehensive reference key to vets and
veterinary technicians involved in emergency and critical care, and
comes from a team of veterinarians who provide step-by-step
protocols for performing advanced emergency and critical care
procedures." (Midwest Book Reviews, 1 November 2012)

"Anybody, whether in emergency or general practice, who would
like a quick reference practical book to improve their treatment of
critical care and emergency patients will love this book. At
£79.99 it is good value for money given the huge content
contained within it." (Veterinary Practice, 1
November 2012)

Erscheint lt. Verlag 3.4.2012
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie
Veterinärmedizin Kleintier
Schlagworte Pflege i. d. Veterinärmedizin • Pflege i. d. Veterinärmedizin • Veterinärmedizin • Veterinärmedizin f. Kleintiere • Veterinärmedizin / Notfallmedizin • Veterinärmedizin • Veterinärmedizin f. Kleintiere • Veterinärmedizin / Notfallmedizin • Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care • Veterinary Medicine • Veterinary Medicine - Small Animal General • Veterinary Nursing & Animal Care
ISBN-10 1-118-24220-3 / 1118242203
ISBN-13 978-1-118-24220-9 / 9781118242209
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