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Surgical patient care for veterinary technicians and nurses

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"Presents 285 full-color clinical photographs to demonstrate common surgical instruments and assisting procedures and patient care"--Provided by publisher.

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Surgical patient care for veterinary technicians and nurses

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Authors

Holzman, Gerianne
Raffel, Teri

Subjects

Veterinary surgical nursing.
Veterinary surgery.
Animals.
Surgical Procedures, Operative--veterinary.
Animal Technicians.
Surgery, Veterinary--methods.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING--Agriculture--Animal Husbandry.
Veterinary surgery.
Veterinary surgical nursing.

Language

English

Published

Ames, Iowa ; Chichester, West Sussex, UK : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2015.

Publication Desc

1 online resource.

ISBN

9781118940143

(electronic bk.)

LCCN

2015011946

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"Presents 285 full-color clinical photographs to demonstrate common surgical instruments and assisting procedures and patient care"--Provided by publisher.

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Machine generated contents note: ForewordPrefaceAbout the companion website Chapter 1 History and Physical Examination Chapter 2 Pre-operative Planning Chapter 3 Asepsis and Infection Control Chapter 4 Surgical Assistant and Circulating Nurse Chapter 5 Surgical Procedures Chapter 6 Wound Management Chapter 7 Postoperative Care Chapter 8 Aftercare and HomecareGlossaryIndex.

Content Note

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; About the companion website; Chapter 1 History and physical examination; History; Physical exam; References; Chapter 2 Preoperative planning; Laboratory tests; Other diagnostic tests; Imaging; Medications; References; Chapter 3 Asepsis and infection control; Surgical suite preparation; Surgical suite cleaning; Solutions to use for cleaning; Patient preparation; Clipper care; Patient skin preparation; Patient prep patterns; Patient positioning; Patient warming; Patient sterile prep; Personnel preparation; Instrumentation.
Miscellaneous instrumentsAbdominal intestinal forceps; Thoracic instruments; Abdominal instrumentation; Orthopedic instruments; Ronguers; Periosteal elevators; Osteotomes; Chisels; Mallet; Bone holding forceps; Bone cutters; Jacob's chuck; Drills; Internal fixation implants; Arthroscopic instrumentation; Laparoscopic instruments; Neurologic instrumentation; Instrument cleaning and care; Pack preparation; Pack wrapping and instrument packaging; Sterilization; Monitoring the sterilization process; Shelf life; References; Webliography; Chapter 4 Surgical assistant and circulating nurse.
Patient positioningSterile patient prep; Patient draping; Other responsibilities; Suture materials and suture patterns (MacPhail, C. 2007); Suture material; Suture patterns; Knot tying; Cutting suture; Skin staples; Circulating nurse; References; Webliography; Chapter 5 Surgical procedures; Orthopedic and neurosurgery (Piermattei et al. 2006a); Upper respiratory system (Hedlund 2007a); Cardiovascular (heart and lungs); Abdominal; Digestive (stomach and intestines); Urogenital (Hedlund 2007b); Other surgery; References; Chapter 6 Wound management; Types of wounds.
Phases of wound healing (Cornell 2012)General wound care; Burns; References; Chapter 7 Postoperative care; Anesthesia recovery; Housing; Urinary bladder care; Bandages; References; Chapter 8 Aftercare and home care; Client instructions; Physical rehabilitation; Follow-up; References; Glossary; Index; EULA.