Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Procedures, Second
Edition is a step-by-step guide to key emergency and critical
care procedures encountered in both general and specialty
practice. Now in full color, the second edition includes several
new procedures, two new chapters covering cardiopulmonary
resuscitation and continuous rate infusions, and a companion
website offering videos demonstrating most of the procedures
featured in the book. Helpful hints have also been added throughout
to make the book even more useful in the practice
setting.

Each procedure includes information on the background, supplies
needed, indications, and contraindications, followed by a series of
images demonstrating the technique. This practical resource,
ideally designed for use in fast-paced emergency situations, is an
indispensable reference for any member of the veterinary
team.

Autorentext

Timothy Hackett, DVM, MS, DACVECC, is the Chief of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine and the Small Animal Medical Chief of Staff at the James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital at Colorado State University in Fort Collins,
Colorado.

Elisa Mazzaferro, MS, DVM, PhD, DACVECC, is a criticalist at Cornell University Veterinary Specialists, a private referral hospital affiliated with Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, located in Stamford, CT.

Zusammenfassung

Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Procedures, Second Edition is a step-by-step guide to key emergency and critical care procedures encountered in both general and specialty practice. Now in full color, the second edition includes several new procedures, two new chapters covering cardiopulmonary resuscitation and continuous rate infusions, and a companion website offering videos demonstrating most of the procedures featured in the book. Helpful hints have also been added throughout to make the book even more useful in the practice setting.

Each procedure includes information on the background, supplies needed, indications, and contraindications, followed by a series of images demonstrating the technique. This practical resource, ideally designed for use in fast-paced emergency situations, is an indispensable reference for any member of the veterinary team.

Inhalt

Preface vii

1 Vascular Access Techniques 1

2 Nutritional Support and Orogastric Lavage 69

3 Thoracocentesis and Thoracostomy Tube Placement 101

4 Oxygen Supplementation and Respiratory Sampling Techniques 133

5 Urinary Catheter Placement, Urohydropulsion, and Temporary Antepubic Cystostomy Catheter Placement 171

6 Abdominocentesis and Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage 209

7 Pericardiocentesis and Pericardial Drainage Catheter 233

8 Central Venous Pressure 243

9 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation 253

10 Continuous Rate Infusions 273