Practical emergency and critical care veterinary nursing / Paul Aldridge, Louise O'Dwyer.

Author/creator Aldridge, Paul
Other author O'Dwyer, Louise.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoChichester, West Sussex ; Ames, Iowa : John Wiley & Sons,
Description217 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Gale eBooks
Subjects
Veterinary nursing.
Veterinary emergencies.
Veterinary critical care.
Animal Diseases--nursing.
Critical Care--methods.
Emergencies--veterinary.

Contents Triage and assessment of emergency patient -- Monitoring critical patients -- Vascular access -- Shock and intravenous fluid therapy -- Blood gas, acid-base analysis, and electrolyte abnormalities -- Analgesia and anaesthesia of the emergency and critical patient -- Practical laboratory techniques -- Techniques for oxygen supplementation -- The dyspnoeic patient -- Nursing the cardiac patient -- Nursing the acute abdomen patient -- Nursing urinary tract emergencies -- Nursing the poisoned patient -- Nursing the trauma patient -- Nursing the reproductive patient -- Small animal critical care and hospitalised patient nutrition -- Nursing the emergency ophthalmology patient -- Cardiopulmonary arrest and resuscitation -- Nursing considerations in the critical patient.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012031333
ISBN9780470656815 (pbk. : alk. paper)