Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Procedures, Second Edition is a step-by-step guide to key emergency and critical care procedures encountered in bothÈgeneral 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 bac.

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Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Procedures; Contents; Preface; 1 Vascular Access Techniques; INTRODUCTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER PLACEMENT; Introduction; Supplies Needed; Indications; Contraindications; OVER-THE-WIRE CATHETERS (SELDINGER TECHNIQUE); Introduction; Supplies Needed; Indications; Contraindications; PERIPHERAL CATHETERIZATION; Introduction; Supplies Needed; Indications; Contraindications; VASCULAR CUTDOWN; Introduction; Supplies Needed; Indications; Contraindications; INTRAOSSEOUS CATHETERIZATION; Introduction; Supplies Needed; Indications; Contraindications. ARTERIAL CATHETERIZATIONIntroduction; Supplies Needed; Indications; Contraindications; REFERENCES; 2 Nutritional Support and Orogastric Lavage; INTRODUCTION; NASOESOPHAGEAL AND NASOGASTRIC TUBES; Introduction; Supplies Needed; Indications; Contraindications; ESOPHAGOSTOMY TUBES; Introduction; Supplies Needed; Indications; Contraindications; OROGASTRIC LAVAGE; Introduction; Supplies Needed; Indications; Contraindications; JEJUNOSTOMY TUBE; Introduction; Supplies; Indications; Contraindications; Potential Complications; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; Introduction; Calculating Energy Requirements. Administering Parenteral NutritionPotential Complications and Monitoring; PN Solutions; REFERENCES; 3 Thoracocentesis and Thoracostomy Tube Placement; THORACOCENTESIS; Introduction; Supplies Needed; Indications; Cautions and Contraindications; THORACOSTOMY TUBE PLACEMENT; Introduction; Supplies Needed; Indications; Contraindications; MANAGEMENT OF AN OPEN SUCKING CHEST WOUND; Introduction; Supplies Needed; Indications; Contraindications; LOCAL ANESTHETIC BLOCKS FOR RIB FRACTURES OR FLAIL CHEST; Introduction; Supplies Needed; Indications; Contraindications; REFERENCES. 4 Oxygen Supplementation and Respiratory Sampling TechniquesNASAL AND NASOPHARYNGEAL OXYGEN CATHETER PLACEMENT; Introduction; Supplies Needed; Indications; Contraindications; OXYGEN HOOD; Introduction; Supplies Needed; Indications; Contraindications; INTRATRACHEAL OXYGEN SUPPLEMENTATION CATHETER; Introduction; Supplies Needed; Indications; Contraindications; TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE PLACEMENT; Introduction and Indications; Supplies Needed; Contraindications; AIRWAY PRESSURE THERAPY; Introduction; Supplies Needed; Indications; Contraindications; TRANSORAL WASH; Introduction; Supplies Needed. IndicationsContraindications; Limitations; TRANSTHORACIC ASPIRATE; Introduction; Supplies Needed; Indications; Cautions and Contraindications; REFERENCES; 5 Urinary Catheter Placement, Urohydropulsion, and Temporary Antepubic Cystostomy Catheter Placement; URINARY CATHETER PLACEMENT IN MALE AND FEMALE DOGS; Introduction; Supplies Needed; Indications; Contraindications; URETHRAL CATHETERIZATION IN MALE AND FEMALE CATS; Supplies Needed; UROHYDROPULSION; Introduction; TEMPORARY ANTEPUBLIC CYSTOSTOMY CATHETER PLACEMENT; Introduction and Indications; Supplies Needed; Contraindications; REFERENCES.